STAND. COM. REP. NO. 497

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 245

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 245 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VESSELS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect human and marine health and the environment by requiring boats to be placed on dry land before fumigation or, if it is necessary to fumigate a boat while it remains on the ocean, to obtain an exemption that requires the boat to be fully covered and sealed.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Aha Moku. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Pest Control Association.

Your Committee finds that the potential adverse effects of boat fumigation, a practice used for pest control that may have significant consequences for human health and the environment, must be addressed.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 245, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 245, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair