Bill Text: HI HB973 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 973

Amended

Bill Title: Relating To Hemp.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Enrolled) 2024-03-25 - Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). [HB973 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-HB973-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	973
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

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 by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(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)]."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Hemp; Department of Agriculture; Administrative Rules

Description:

Repeals the requirement for additional rules by the Department of Agriculture to address nuisance issues, including smell, noise, and excessive lighting arising out of the activities of hemp growers. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

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