STAND. COM. REP. NO.  160-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2503

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2503 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement that personnel costs from the Pesticide Use Revolving Fund be used only for employees in the Registration and Education Section of the Pesticides Branch of the Department of Agriculture.

     The Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Hawaii Pest Control Association and a concerned individual offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 20, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2503, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2503, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair