STAND. COM. REP. NO. 20

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1017

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1017 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PESTICIDE USE REVOLVING FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the cap on the amount of moneys from the Pesticide Use Revolving Fund that may be used by the Department of Agriculture to carry out its mandate in section 149A-13.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the Department's Pesticide Program.  

The Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Cattlemens Council, Hawaii Center for Food Safety, Ponoholo Ranch Limited, Western Plant Health Association, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, CropLife America, Dow Agroscience, and two individuals testified in support of this measure.

     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. 1017 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection.

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

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RICHARD P. CREAGAN, Chair