Bill Text: HI SB2448 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Bill 2448 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating To Bees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-12 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB2448 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2448-Amended.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2448
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO BEES.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part IV to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§46- Beehive; swarm; disposition. Any public facility or entity that receives state or county funding and discovers a beehive or swarm on its property shall contract with a beekeeper or pest control operator for removal. Destruction of the beehive shall only occur as a last resort. For the purposes of this section, "pest control operator" has the same meaning as that provided in section 460J-1."

SECTION 2. Chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§171- Beehive; swarm; disposition. Any public facility or entity that receives state or county funding and discovers a beehive or swarm on its property shall contract with a beekeeper or pest control operator for removal. Destruction of the beehive shall only occur as a last resort. For the purposes of this section, "pest control operator" has the same meaning as that provided in section 460J-1."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on December 31, 2033.

Report Title:

Beehive Removal; Bee Swarm Removal; Public Facilities

Description:

Requires any public facility or entity that receives state or county funding and discovers a beehive or swarm on its property to contract with a beekeeper or pest control operator for removal and destroy the beehive only as a last resort. Effective 12/31/33. (SD1)

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