CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 52

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    H.B. No. 1646

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1646, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PESTICIDES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to protect the health and safety of consumers and the environment from the negative effects of pesticides by:

(1)  Requiring every pesticide retailer in the state to post a warning sign or place a warning sign at the product display areas with respect to the sale of pesticides;

(2)  Requiring the pesticide warning signs to contain at a minimum:

(A)  Information on the proper handling, storage, and disposal of all pesticides sold;

(B)  Emergency telephone numbers to call in case of pesticide poisoning; and

(C)  Any other information deemed by the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to be appropriate and helpful for consumers;

(3)  Requiring DOA to adopt rules regarding the posting of the warning signs; and

(4)  Authorizing DOA to adopt any other rules including rules regarding the size and placement of the warning signs.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Correcting a typographical error to the definition of

          "distribute or sell";

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2007.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1646, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1646, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ RON MENOR, Chair	____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Co-Chair
____________________________ RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Co-Chair	____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Co-Chair
	____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair