STAND. COM. REP. NO.  967

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1641

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1641, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PESTICIDES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the safe dispensing and use of pesticides by prohibiting the sale of restricted use pesticides by a pesticide dealer to a certified pest control applicator or certified structural pest control applicator unless the persons are employed or supervised by a pest control operator validly licensed under Chapter 460J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, (Pest Control Operators Law).

     The Department of Agriculture and Hawaii Pest Control Association supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to                    facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity,              consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1641, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1641, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair