Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-51 – Advisory committee
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-51
- Chairperson: means chairperson of the board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
- Department: means department of agriculture. 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
There shall be an advisory committee on pesticides composed of but not limited to the chairperson, or the chairperson’s designated representative, who shall head the committee and one representative each from the department of health, department of land and natural resources, University of Hawaii college of tropical agriculture and human resources, sugar industry, pineapple industry, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, pesticide industry, structural pest control industry, an environmental organization, a citizen group, and a landscape professional. Members of the advisory committee shall be appointed by the governor from a list of persons recommended by the respective agencies and industries in accordance with § 26-34. The committee shall advise and assist the department in developing or revising laws and rules to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this chapter and in advising the department in pesticide problems.