STAND. COM. REP. NO.  512

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 902

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 902, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect Hawaii's environment by including energy and dietary supplement beverage containers as containers covered under the Deposit Beverage Container Program.

 

     The Department of Health; Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter; and two concerned individuals supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Exempting a container of liquid which is deemed to be the sole item of a meal or a diet from inclusion in the Deposit Beverage Container Program; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 902, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 902, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

		____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair