Bill Text: HI SB2569 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Pesticides.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-08 - Referred to FIN, referral sheet 35 [SB2569 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2569-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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. Section 149A-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§149A-51
Advisory committee. (a) There shall be an advisory committee on
pesticides composed of but not limited to the chairperson, or the chairperson's
designated representative, who shall head the committee and one representative
each from the department of health, department of land and natural resources, department
of education, University of Hawaii college of tropical agriculture and
human resources, [sugar industry,] each county mayors' office, Hawaii
Farmers Union United, pineapple industry, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation,
pesticide industry, structural pest control industry, an environmental
organization, a citizen group, [and] a landscape professional[.],
a medical expert, and a non-governmental organization scientist. Members of the advisory committee shall be
appointed by the governor from a list of persons recommended by the respective
agencies and industries in accordance with section 26-34.
(b) The committee shall advise and assist the
department in developing or revising laws and rules to carry out and effectuate
the purposes of this chapter and in advising the department in pesticide
problems. Specifically, the committee
shall:
(1) Establish state
standards for chronicity to account for low-level continuous exposures;
(2) Evaluate and
recommend to the legislature specific changes to the State's pesticide laws and
regulations;
(3) Revise and
expand the Kauai agricultural good neighbor program statewide; and
(4) Establish a
comprehensive buffer zone policy for the State.
For purposes of this section,
"chronicity" means the degree to which pesticide exposure at levels
lower than acute exposure thresholds can cause harmful chronic and compounding
effects."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Pesticide Advisory Committee; Membership; Powers and Duties
Description:
Expands the membership of the pesticide advisory committee to include a representative from the Department of Education, each county mayors' office, Hawaii Farmers Union United, a medical expert, and a non-governmental organization scientist. Expands the duties of the pesticide advisory committee to include establishment of state standards for chronicity, recommendation to the legislature of specific changes to the State's pesticide laws and regulations, expansion of the good neighbor program, and establishment of a comprehensive buffer zone policy for the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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