CHAPTER 149A

HAWAII PESTICIDES LAW

        Part I.  General Provisions

Section

    149A-1 Short title

    149A-2 Definitions

    149A-3 Delegation of duties

    149A-4 Effect of chapter on department of health

        Part II.  Pesticide Licensing and Sale

   149A-11 Prohibited acts

   149A-12 Exemptions

   149A-13 Procedure for licensing pesticides

 149A-13.5 Pesticide use revolving fund; pesticide training

           workshops; training fee

   149A-14 Refusal, cancellation, or suspension of the license

   149A-15 Labeling requirements

 149A-15.5 Pesticide information signs

   149A-16 Coloration of certain pesticides

   149A-17 Sales, permit, and record

   149A-18 Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit

   149A-19 Determination; rules; uniformity

   149A-20 Seizures; "stop-sale" and "removal from sale" orders

   149A-21 Enforcement

   149A-22 Authority

   149A-23 Cooperation

        Part IIA.  Pesticide Reporting and Regulation Program

   149A-25 Definitions

   149A-26 Post-application reporting of pesticide use

   149A-27 Public reports; contents

   149A-28 Buffer zones

   149A-29 Rules

        Part III.  Pesticide Use

   149A-31 Prohibited acts

 149A-31.2 Pesticide use; posting online

   149A-32 Repealed

 149A-32.5 Cancellation or suspension of pesticide uses

   149A-33 Rules

   149A-34 Denial, suspension, or revocation of certificate

   149A-35 Cooperation

   149A-36 Authority to inspect

   149A-37 Exemptions

   149A-38 Repealed

        Part IV.  Violations, Warning Notice, and Penalties

   149A-41 Violations, warning notice, and penalties

        Part V.  Advisory Committee

   149A-51 Advisory committee

        Part VI.  Miscellaneous Provisions

   149A-52 Severability

   149A-53 Applicability of chapter 91

Note

  Pesticide subsidy program for coffee growers; report to 2025 legislature (repealed June 30, 2025).  L 2014, c 105, §§3, 6; L 2015, c 152, §1; L 2017, c 65, §2; L 2021, c 138, §2; L 2023, c 216, §3.

Cross References

  Rules for pesticide information signs, see §149A-15.5.

Law Journals and Reviews

  Poisons in Our Communities:  Environmental Justice's Role in Regulating Hawai`i's Biotechnology Industry.  40 UH L. Rev. 155 (2018).

Case Notes

  Read in the context of the larger statutory scheme of the Hawaii pesticides law, which clearly demonstrated legislative intent to create a uniform system of pesticide regulation administered by the state department of agriculture, the court interpreted this section as authorizing counties to assist in enforcing pesticide regulations established by the State, and not an authorization for counties to issue supplemental regulations on pesticides.  842 F.3d 669 (2016).

  Where county passed an ordinance regarding pesticide use, court found that the State's statutory scheme for pesticides was comprehensive.  Specifically, as with the county ordinance, the State's statutory scheme addressed permissible areas of pesticide application and warnings regarding the application of restricted use pesticides. Generally, the Hawaii pesticides law and its implementing rules addressed the entire life cycle of pesticides, including research/experimentation, transportation, storage, sale, use, and disposal.  842 F.3d 669 (2016).