STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2914

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2405
                                        H.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Labor and Environment and Economic
Development, to which was referred H.B. No. 2405, H.D. 2,
entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PESTICIDES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make numerous amendments
to Hawaii's Pesticide Law.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, and the
Hawaii Pest Control Association, Rescue Hawaii, and the Hawaii
Agriculture Research Center.  Comments were received from the
Environmental Center.  

     Your Committees find that amendments are necessary to bring
Hawaii law in closer conformity with federal law, facilitate the
expeditious collection of fines, and expand the use of the
revolving fund.  Specifically, the revisions include:  amending
the definition of "pest"; adding the definition of "integrated
pest management"; allowing the revolving fund to be used for
personnel costs and developing integrated pest management
strategies; exempting pesticides deregulated by the EPA; and
changing penalties from civil to administrative.

     Use of the revolving fund for personnel costs raised the
following competing concerns:


 
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     (1)  Capping personnel costs to preserve program activities;
          and

     (2)  Not capping personnel costs to accommodate collective
          bargaining negotiations.

Your Committees respectfully request the Committee on Ways and
Means to examine the possible alternatives to address the
personnel cost dilemma.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Labor and Environment and Economic Development that
are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with
the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2405, H.D. 2, and recommend
that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Labor and
                                   Environment and Economic
                                   Development,



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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair          BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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