STAND. COM. REP. NO. 268-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2303

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2303 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the Department of Agriculture to maintain consistent funding to meet its statutory mandate under the State's pesticide program, including registration and licensing, certification and education, and compliance monitoring, and to provide pesticide regulation with informed and educated studies by increasing the cap on the Pesticide Use Revolving Fund from $250,000 to $1,000,000.

The Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, GMO Free Kaua‘i, West Hawaii CHC, Cuddle Party, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Alliance for Progressive Action, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, IMUAlliance, DuPont Pioneer, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc., and a number of concerned individuals supported this measure.

Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 28, 2045.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2303, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2303, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture,

____________________________ RICHARD P. CREAGAN, Chair

____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair