HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2063
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO HEMP.

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

SECTION 1. Section 141-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§141-43[]] Rulemaking authority. (a) The department of agriculture shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to effectuate the purpose of this part[, including any rules necessary to address any nuisance issues, including smell, noise, and excessive lighting arising out of the activities of hemp growers licensed under the State's industrial hemp pilot program who grow hemp within areas prohibited under section 141-42(a)(3) and (4)].

(b) No later than September 30, 2020, the department of agriculture shall adopt interim rules, which shall be exempt from chapters 91 and 201M to effectuate the purposes of this part; provided that the interim rules shall remain in effect through [June 30, 2022,] December 31, 2022, or until rules are adopted pursuant to subsection (a), whichever occurs sooner."

SECTION 2. Act 14, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, is amended by amending section 9 to read as follows:

"SECTION 9. This Act shall take effect upon its approval[, and shall be repealed on June 30, 2022; provided that the definition of "marijuana" in section 329-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the definitions of "marijuana" and "marijuana Concentrate" in section 712-1240, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which they read on the day prior to the effective date of this Act]."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on June 29, 2022.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Hemp; Agriculture

Description:

Repeals the sunset date of Act 14, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020. Amends section 141-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that the Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules to effectuate the purpose of its authority under chapter 141, part III, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and to extend the date through which the department's interim rules shall remain in effect.

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