Bill Text: HI SB3098 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Pesticides.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB3098 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB3098-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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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 responsible environmental stewardship requires management and supervision of the safe collection and lawful disposal of banned, outdated, or unwanted pesticides. The legislature finds that the Hawaii pesticides law prohibits the disposal of agricultural pesticides in sanitary landfills, but there are currently no options for the legal disposal of these substances within the State. According to the Pesticide Stewardship Alliance, more than forty states have pesticide disposal programs. The legislature finds that there is great urgency for the establishment of a pesticide disposal program in this State so that individuals and entities may legally dispose of banned, outdated, or unwanted pesticides.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Require the department of agriculture, in consultation with the department of health, to develop and implement a pesticide disposal collection program to provide a one-time, affordable, and environmentally accessible means for the disposal of non-restricted and restricted use pesticides from a bona fide agricultural entity;
(2) Convene a steering committee to guide and monitor the pesticide disposal collection program; and
(3) Appropriate funds for purposes of the pesticide disposal collection program.
SECTION 2. (a) The department of agriculture, in consultation with the department of health, shall develop and implement a pesticide disposal collection program to provide a one-time, affordable, and environmentally accessible means for the disposal of non-restricted and restricted use pesticides from a bona fide agricultural entity.
(b) There shall be established on the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, and Oahu pesticide disposal locations as part of the pesticide disposal collection program. Each site shall offer the opportunity for disposal of non-restricted and restricted use pesticides during the pesticide disposal collection program.
(c) The department of agriculture shall operate the pesticide disposal collection program as a free or low-cost program to encourage the safe and legal disposal of non-restricted and restricted use pesticides. The department shall not charge a fee for disposal of restricted use pesticides that include an active ingredient of restricted use pesticide weighing less than fifty pounds. The department may impose a fee for disposal of a restricted use pesticide that includes an active ingredient weighing fifty pounds or more.
(e) No later than July 31, 2020, the department of agriculture shall convene a pesticide disposal collection program steering committee to guide and monitor the pesticide collection program. The steering committee shall comprise the advisory committee on pesticides established pursuant to section 149A-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, a representative of the pest control board, a representative of the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, a representative from the Hawaii Farm Bureau, a representative from the Hawaii Farmers Union United, and representatives from any other entity deemed necessary by the chairperson of the board of agriculture.
(f) For purposes of this Act, "bona fide agricultural entity" means one or more individuals, a company, corporation, a partnership, an association, or any other type of legal entity in the State that engages or engaged in an agricultural operation as defined in section 46-88(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes; provided that bona fide agricultural entity shall include any successor, heir, or beneficiary that received ownership of any restricted use pesticide from a bona fide agricultural entity.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $800,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the establishment and operation of the pesticide disposal collection program.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of agriculture for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.
Report Title:
HDOA; Department of Health; Pesticides; Pesticide Disposal Collection Program; Pesticide Disposal Collection Program Steering Committee; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes the Pesticide Disposal Collection Program within the Department of Agriculture to provide a one-time, affordable, and environmentally accessible means for the disposal of non-restricted and restricted use pesticides from a bona fide agricultural entity. Convenes a Pesticide Disposal Collection Program Steering Committee to guide and monitor the program. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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