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West Hawai Civic Center, Bldg. A-t
74-5044 Ane KeohoMlole Hwy.
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
DATE:
October 03, 2025 CD
TO:
Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM:
Rebecca Villegas, District 7
SUBJECT:
Proposed Amendment to Bill No. 83; an Ordinance Amending Chapter 20 of
the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended), Relating to
Plastic and Polystyrene Waste.
Transmitted herewith is a proposed amendment to Bill No. 83. The amendment is shown below
in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 83; material to be deleted is
bracketed and stricken, and material to be added is underscored.
SECTION 3 of Bill No. 83, which amends chapter 20, article 1, section 20-01-03, of the Hawaii
County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) by adding definitions, is amended by adding the
following definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
""Pre -packaged food" means food or drink that is prepared and sealed, contained,
wrapped, or packaged prior to distribution."
SECTION 4 of Bill No. 83, which amends chapter 20, article 1, section 20-01-03, of the Hawaii
County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) by amending a definition, is amended to amend
the definition of "prepared food" to read as follows:
""Prepared food" means feeder- bevemges, whieh are ed, paekaged, eeaked,
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by a retail eensumer- en the premises of a feed pr-evider-, > btA net lifnited to,
bevemges, ready te eat, and takeatA f-bed. Prepared feed dees net inelude raw.: eggs;
t, + t d ffiea+ . fish; d ier- poultry ., i e providea f eansuffiptien
without f,,.+t, e
feed prepar-a+ r- heating. Forexampl," sashimi poke and shall be eensido rzuto beprepared feed. This also does not hielude pr-e paekaged er- pr-e sealed items sueh as
br-eads, 7 milk, o , y7 r f , vegetables, v other- items
' .] food or drink
that is cooked served packaged or otherwise prepared at the request of a customer for
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immediate consumption with no heating cooking or other preparation required after sale
to be safe for human consumption."
SECTION 5 of Bill No. 83, which amends chapter 20, article 5, of the Hawaii County Code
1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending section 25-05-02 to read as follows:
"Section 20-05-02. Use of reusable or compostable foodware and serviceware
required.
Any food [pre dery mod] provider or County facility user selling, distributing, or
otherwise providing prepared food to the public in disposable foodware or with
disposable serviceware shall do so using foodware or serviceware that is CMA-certified
or visibly labelled as compostable with a BPI certification mark."
SECTION 5 of Bill No. 83, which amends chapter 20, article 5, of the Hawaii County Code
1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is further amended by amending section 20-05-03, subsection
(a), to read as follows:
"(a) The following are exempt from the provisions of this article:
(1) Foods paekaged etAside the limfts of the County &fHffwaiq-,] Pre -packaged
foods;
(2) Coolers and ice chests that are intended for reuse; and
(3) Food packaging for raw: meat; poultry; seafood; and eggs that have not been
further processed."
Due to the limited scope of this amendment, a copy of the new draft of this bill that would result
if it were adopted is not attached.
Thank you.
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