HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	604
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to landscaping.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part IV to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§103D-   Plants that are preferred mosquito breeding habitats; use in public landscaping; prohibited. (a)  The department of health shall create and maintain a list of plants that are known to be a preferred habitat for mosquito breeding.

(b)  No plans, designs, or specifications for new or renovated landscaping of any building, complex of buildings, facility, complex of facilities, or park developed by the State or counties with public moneys shall include any plant that is determined by the department of health to be a preferred habitat for mosquito breeding.

(c)  Any plant that is used in landscaping of a State owned building, complex of buildings, facility, complex of facilities, or park that is determined by the department of health to be a preferred habitat for mosquito breeding shall be removed from the landscaping no later than five years after the effective date of this Act.

(d)  The landscaping of botanical gardens that is routinely maintained shall be exempt from this section."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Landscaping; Mosquito Breeding Habitat; DOH

Description:

Requires DOH to create and maintain a list of plants that are preferred habitats for mosquito breeding.  Prohibits use of plants that are preferred habitats for mosquito breeding from being used in plans, designs, and specifications for new or renovated landscaping of any building, complex of buildings, facility, complex of facilities, or park developed by the State or counties with public moneys.  Requires all plants that provide a preferred habitat for mosquito breeding that are currently used in the landscaping of state-owned building, complex of buildings, facility, complex of facilities, or park to be removed within 5 years of enactment.  Exempts botanical gardens.

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