(a) There is established within the treasury of the State, a pesticide use revolving fund. The fund shall be administered by the department for the purposes of this section. The fund shall consist of:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-13.5

  • Department: means department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Integrated pest management: means a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Pest: means any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, or any other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life or virus, bacterium, or any other microorganism, except viruses, bacterium, or any other microorganisms on or in living humans or other living animals, which the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency determines to be a pest pursuant to the [Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act]. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Pesticide: means :

    (1) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest; and

    (2) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

(1) Licensing and registration fees and charges collected by the department under section 149A-13(b);
(2) All fees collected by the department through the collection of training fees in accordance with subsection (c);
(3) Funds appropriated for the pesticide subsidy program established under Act 105, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014; and
(4) All penalties and fines collected by the department under section 149A-41.
(b) Moneys in the pesticide use revolving fund shall be expended by the department:

(1) To support the pesticide program’s registration and licensing, certification and education, and compliance monitoring activities;
(2) To establish pesticide training workshops and educational programs, including, but not limited to, eradication and control programs for pests designated in section 141-3, using the best available technology and best practices in a manner consistent with state and federal law;
(3) To develop integrated pest management strategies, the pesticide subsidy program created under Act 105, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014, and other services for pesticide users such as the agricultural pest control industry, the structural pest control industry, and consumer users of pesticides, which provide pesticide instruction in areas, including but not limited to the collection, disposal, and recycling of pesticide containers; and
(4) For all other pesticide services deemed necessary by the department.

Moneys from the revolving fund may be used for personnel, services, materials, and equipment for the purposes of this section.

Moneys expended by the department from the pesticide use revolving fund for training workshops, educational programs, and other services for the agricultural pest control industry, the structural pest control industry, and consumer groups shall be expended in a manner that appropriately addresses the needs of each category of pesticide user.

(c) The department may set fees for the educational services and training provided under this section.
(d) All interest earned on the deposit or investment of the moneys in the fund shall become a part of the fund.
(e) All unobligated, unencumbered, or unexpended funds remaining in the fund in excess of $1,000,000 at the close of each fiscal year shall lapse to the state general fund.
(f) The department shall submit an annual report to the legislature on all moneys deposited into, and disbursed from, the pesticide use revolving fund. The report shall be submitted to the legislature not fewer than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session. The report shall group all moneys deposited into, and disbursed from, the revolving fund according to the categories established in subsections (a) to (e).

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