Bill Text: HI HB2103 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 2103 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating To Pesticides.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-14 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1). [HB2103 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2103-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2103
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PESTICIDES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that there are nearly ten thousand pesticides registered for use in Hawaii. The department of agriculture is responsible for ensuring pesticides are used correctly in Hawaii. Currently, there is no amnesty program or place for proper disposal of illegal or unused restricted use pesticides, which leads to improper storage or illegal dumping. The purpose of this Act is to establish a one-year pilot program that expands existing pesticide disposal programs in the Hilo and Kona regions of Hawaii county to allow for a means of properly disposing pesticides for at least one day each within each calendar quarter.

SECTION 2. (a) There is established a one-year pilot program, to be administered by the department of agriculture in collaboration with the department of health, to expand existing pesticide disposal programs in the Hilo and Kona regions of Hawaii county. The pilot program shall assist existing pesticide disposal programs in the Hilo and Kona regions of Hawaii county in providing for a means of properly disposing pesticides for at least one day in each region within each calendar quarter.

(b) The department of agriculture, in coordination with the department of health and the appropriate Hawaii county agencies, shall conduct advertising to publicize the pilot program and its services.

(c) The department of agriculture shall monitor the progress of the pilot program and shall submit a report to the legislature with information on the implementation of the pilot program and recommendations, including proposed legislation, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 28, 2045.

Report Title:

Pesticides; Disposal; Pilot Program; Hawaii County

Description:

Establishes a one-year pilot program that expands existing pesticide disposal programs in the Hilo and Kona regions of Hawaii County to allow for a means of properly disposing pesticides for at least one day in each region in each calendar quarter. (HB2103 HD1)

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