Bill Text: HI SB2436 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Small Plastic Bottles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-23 - Referred to CPH/EET, JDC. [SB2436 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2436-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to small plastic bottles.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 342G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new part to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"Part
. SMALL PLASTIC BOTTLES
§342G-A Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Hosted rental" means a house, apartment, or other livable space where the person providing sleeping accommodations is a permanent resident who lives on the premises.
"Lodging establishment" means an establishment that contains one or more sleeping room accommodations that are rented or otherwise provided to the public, including but not limited to a hotel, condominium hotel, motel, resort, bed and breakfast inn, transient vacation rental, or transient accommodation. "Lodging establishment" does not include a hospital, nursing home, residential retirement community, prison, jail, homeless shelter, boarding school, worker housing, long-term rental, or hosted rental.
"Personal care product" means shampoo, hair conditioner, and bath soap.
"Plastic" means any synthetic material made from organic polymers, such as polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or nylon, that can be molded into shape while soft and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form. "Plastic" includes all materials identified with resin codes one to seven, inclusive, as provided in section 342H-42.
"Small plastic bottle" means a plastic bottle or container with less than a six-ounce capacity that is intended to be nonreusable by the end user.
§342G-B Prohibition on small plastic bottles. (a) Beginning on January 1, 2024, a lodging establishment with more than fifty rooms shall not provide a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests of the lodging establishment.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2025, a lodging establishment with fifty rooms or less shall not provide a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests of the lodging establishment.
(c) A lodging establishment may use bulk dispensers of personal care products to reduce plastic waste and lower operating costs.
(d) A lodging establishment may provide personal care products in small plastic bottles to a person at no cost, upon request, at a place other than a sleeping room accommodation, a space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests of the lodging establishment.
§342G-C Violations; penalties. The department or other local agency with authority to inspect sleeping accommodations in a lodging establishment may issue a citation for violation of section 342G-B. Upon a first violation, either the department or appropriate local agency shall issue a written warning, which shall recite the violation and advise that subsequent violations may result in citations. Upon a second or subsequent violation, either the department or appropriate local agency may assess a civil penalty of $500 for each day the lodging establishment is in violation, but not to exceed $2,000 per year.
§342G-D Rules. The department may adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 to implement this part.
§342G-E Relation to county ordinances. This part shall not prohibit the enactment or implementation of any county ordinance that is at least as stringent as this part; provided that no county ordinance shall supersede or prevent the implementation and reinforcement of section 342G-B."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. In codifying the new sections added by section 1 of this Act, the revisor of statutes shall substitute appropriate section numbers for the letters used in designating the new sections in this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Lodging Accommodations; Small Plastic Bottles; Prohibition; Penalty
Description:
Beginning January 1, 2024, for lodging establishments with more than fifty rooms, and January 1, 2025, for lodging establishments with fifty rooms or less, prohibits a lodging establishment from providing a small plastic bottle containing less than six ounces of a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within a bathroom shared by the public or guests. Authorizes the department of health or local agency with authority to inspect sleeping accommodations in a lodging establishment to enforce prohibition and issue written warning and assess a penalty.
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