Bill Text: HI SB1093 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Composting Grant Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB1093 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB1093-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the composting grant program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The legislature further finds that Act 207, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, authorized the department of education to establish composting grant pilot projects in the State's schools. The legislature believes that the success of these pilot projects warrant the program's implementation on a broader scale.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to establish a permanent composting grant program within the department of education.
SECTION 2. Chapter 302A Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section part II, subpart C, to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§302A-
Composting grant program. (a) There is established within
the department a composting grant program.
The purpose of the program shall be to:
(1) Create opportunities for waste
diversion in schools;
(2) Engage students in learning about
multiple composting and fermentation methods, as well as methods to test and
monitor for effectiveness;
(3) Develop nutrient-rich soil for
school gardens and local agricultural endeavors;
(4) Decrease the amount of
methane-producing waste directed to landfills; and
(5) Decrease the overall cost to taxpayers
of hauling trash.
(b) In establishing the composting grant program,
the department shall:
(1) Develop, adopt, and implement campus
composting guidelines, in conjunction with department of health rules, to
provide system-wide guidance, including guidance on:
(A) Leachate monitoring;
(B) Pathogen testing;
(C) Community involvement;
(D) Fire safety;
(E) Material categorization; and
(F) Volume recording.
(2) Develop and establish networks and
relationships with local farms and piggeries that may accept surplus food
waste; and
(3) Develop and implement guidelines for
grant recipients to ensure the program is effective.
(c) The department may issue grants to establish
composting programs in department schools in accordance with this section. The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to
chapter 91, to implement the composting grant program.
(d) The Hawaii farm to school program, established under section 302A-405.5, shall provide oversight of the composting grant program."
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the composting grant program.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
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Report Title:
DOE;
Composting Grant Program; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes
and provides moneys for the composting grant program in the Department of
Education.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
