Bill Text: HI SB2656 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Pesticides; Pesticides Use Revolving Fund
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-27 - (S) Referred to WTL, WAM. [SB2656 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2656-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Urban sprawl combined with the proliferation of "fake farms" and "gentlemen estates" in agricultural districts has caused an increasing number of incidents in which farmers have been accused of using pesticides irresponsibly. While none of these accusations has been substantiated, they have significantly increased the burden on the department of agriculture's pesticides branch personnel to ensure that safe and permitted pesticide application and storage practices are being followed.
The pesticides use revolving fund was established by the legislature in 1996 and its authorizing statute was amended in 2000 to allow the fund to be used to pay for personnel costs, but limited those costs to employees performing registration and education services only. With the increased compliance monitoring workload and reduced staffing and funding caused by the State's economic downturn, it is reasonable that this revolving fund be used to pay for compliance monitoring costs incurred because of public demand for protection of the environment and the public's own perceived well-being.
SECTION 2. Section 149A-13.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Moneys in the pesticide use
revolving fund shall be expended by the department to support the pesticide
program's registration and licensing, certification and education, and
compliance monitoring activities. The department shall also expend revolving
fund moneys on the establishment of pesticide training workshops, educational
programs, development of integrated pest management strategies, and other
services for pesticide users such as the agricultural pest control industry,
the structural pest control industry, and consumer users of pesticides, which
provide pesticide instruction in areas including but not limited to the
collection, disposal, and recycling of pesticide containers and all other
pesticide services deemed necessary by the department. Moneys from the
revolving fund may be used for personnel, services, materials, and equipment
for the purposes of this section[; provided that the use of moneys from the
revolving fund for personnel costs shall be limited to those employees under
the registration and education section of the department's pesticides branch].
Moneys expended by the department from the pesticide use revolving fund for
training workshops, educational programs, and other services for the
agricultural pest control industry, the structural pest control industry, and
consumer groups shall be expended in a manner that appropriately addresses the
needs of each category of pesticide user."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010.
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Pesticides; Pesticides Use Revolving Fund
Description:
Authorizes an expansion of the permissible uses of the Pesticides Use Revolving Fund to include personnel costs for compliance monitoring.
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