STAND. COM. REP. NO.  557-10

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2503, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow moneys in the Pesticide Use Revolving Fund to support the full range of the Department of Agriculture Pesticide Branch's registration and licensing, certification and education, and compliance monitoring activities by removing the requirement that expenditures for personnel costs be limited to personnel in the registration and education section of the Pesticide Branch.

     The Department of Agriculture testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation and a concerned individual provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2503, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair