hawaii gmo labeling bill hb174_hd2

8/12/2019 Hawaii GMO Labeling Bill HB174_HD2

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A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO FOOD LABELING

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAW All:

PART I

2 SECTION 1 . Chap te r 328, Hawai i Revised S t a t u t e s , i s

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anew s e c t i o n t o b e a p p r o p r i a t e l y des i g n a t ed

4 and t o r e a d a s f o l l o w s :

5 328- Impor ted g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d produce ;

6 l a b e l i n g r e q u i r e m e n t . (a) The s a l e , o f f e r i n g f o r s a l e , o r

7 d i s t r i b u t i o n o f any impor ted g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d produce

8 i n t e n d e d f o r human consumpt ion w i t h i n t h e S t a t e i s p r o h i b i t e d

9 u n l e s s t h e f a c t o f g e n e t i c e n g i n e e r i n g i s d i s c l o s e d c l e a r l y and

10 c o n s p i c u o u s l y w i t h a l a b e l b e a r i n g t h e words g e n e t i c a l l y

11 eng ineered d i r e c t l y on t h e produce o f f e r e d f o r r e t a i l s a l e , on

12 t h e l a b e l o f t h e p roduce ' s packag ing , o r , i n t h e c a s e o f any

13 such p roduce t h a t i s n o t s e p a r a t e l y packaged o r l a b e l e d , on a

14 c l e a r and consp icuous l a b e l a p p e a r i n g on t h e r e t a i l s t o r e s h e l f

15 o r b i n i n which t h e produce i s d i s p l a y e d f o r s a l e .

6 (b) Supp l i e r s s h a l l be r e s p o n s i b l e f o r l a b e l i n g b o t h t h e

17 impor ted p roduce and t h e c o n t a i n e r used f o r t h e packag ing ,

18 h o l d i n g , o r t r a n s p o r t i n g o f t h e impor ted p roduce t h a t i s

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1 d e l i v e r e d d i r e c t l y t o Hawai i r e t a i l e r s . The i m p o r t e d

2 g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d p r o d u c e s h a l l b e s u b j e c t t o s e c t i o n 150A-

3 5 .

4 c) T h i s s e c t i o n s h a l l n o t a p p l y t o :

5 J l Hawai i -g rown p r o d u c e ;

6 P r o d u c e grown w i t h o u t t h e know ing a n d i n t e n t i o n a l u s e

7 o f g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d s e e d o r o rg a n i s m s ; p r o v i d e d

8 t h a t p e r s o n s who s e l l , o f f e r t o s e l l , o r d i s t r i b u t e

9 s u c h p r o d u c e s h a l l o b t a i n , f rom t h e i m m e d i a t e s o u r c e

1 o f t h e p r o d u c e , sworn s t a t e m e n t t h a t t h e p r o d u c e h a s

n o t b e e n knowing ly and i n t e n t i o n a l l y g e n e t i c a l l y

12 e n g i n e e r e d , grown f r om g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d s e e d s o r

13 o rg a n i s m s , o r coming led w i t h g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d

4 p r o d u c e o r o rg a n i s m s ; o r

15 l l Produce p r e p a r e d o r s e r v e d i n r e s t a u r a n t s o r o t h e r

16 e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n which food i s s e r v e d f o r immed ia t e

17 human consumpt ion .

18 d) P r o d u c e s h a l l b e c o n s i d e r e d g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d

19 p r o d u c e i t h e o rg a n i s m f r om which t h e p r o d u c e i s d e r i v e d has

2 b e e n g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d .

21 e) As u s e d i n t h i s s e c t i o n , u n l e s s t h e c o n t e x t c l e a r l y

22 r e q u i r e s o t h e r w i s e :

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i l l A l t e r e d a t t h e m o l e c u l a r o r c e l l u l a r l e v e l by means

t h a t a r e n o t p o s s i b l e under n a t u r a l c o n d i t i o n s o r

p r o c e s s e s , i n c l u d i n g r ecombinan t d e o x y r i b o n u c l e i c a c i d

and r i b o n u c l e i c a c i d t e c h n i q u e s , c e l l f u s i o n ,

m i c r o e n c a p s u l a t i o n , m a c r o e n c a p s u l a t i o n , gene d e l e t i o n

and doub l ing , i n t r o d u c t i o n o f a f o r e i g n gene , and

chang ing t h e p o s i t i o n s o f genes , o t h e r t h a n by a means

c o n s i s t i n g e x c l u s i v e l y o f b r e e d i n g , c o n j u g a t i o n ,

f e r m e n t a t i o n , h y b r i d i z a t i o n , i n v i t r o f e r t i l i z a t i o n ,

t i s s u e c u l t u r e , o r m u t a g e n e s i s ; o r

Made t h r o u g h s e x u a l o r a s e x u a l r e p r o d u c t i o n , o r b o t h ,

13 i n v o l v i n g an o rg a n i s m d e s c r i b e d i n p a r a g r a p h (1)

14 Produce means f r e s h f r u i t s and v e g e t a b l e s f o r human

15 consumpt ion .

16 ( f ) The d i r e c t o r o f h e a l t h s h a l l adop t r u l e s , p u r s u a n t t o

17 c h a p t e r 91, n e c e s s a r y t o e f f e c t u a t e t h e p u r p o s e s o f t h i s

18 s e c t i o n , i n c l u d i n g r u l e s f o r t h e t e s t i n g o f produce t o d e t e r m i n e

19 t h e p r e s e n c e o f g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d p r o d u c e .

2 SECTION 2 . S e c t i o n 150A-5, Hawai i Revised S t a t u t e s , i s

21 amended t o r e a d a s f o l l o w s :

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150A-5 Cond i t ions o impor ta t ion . The i m p o r t a t i o n i n t o

2 t h e S t a t e o f any o f t h e f o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e s , v i z . , n u r s e r y - s t o c k ,

3 t r e e , s h r u b , h e r b , v i n e , c u t - f l o w e r , c u t t i n g , g r a f t , s c i o n , bud,

4 s e e d , l e a f , r o o t , o r rh i zome; n u t , f r u i t , o r v e g e t a b l e ; g r a i n ,

5 c e r e a l , o r legume i n t h e n a t u r a l o r raw s t a t e ; moss, hay, s t r a w,

6 d r y - g r a s s , o r o t h e r f o r a g e ; unmanufac tu red l o g , l imb, o r t i m b e r,

7 o r any o t h e r p l a n t - g r o w t h o r p l a n t - p r o d u c t , u n p r o c e s s e d o r i n

8 t h e raw s t a t e ; s o i l ; microorgan i sms ; l i v e b i r d , r e p t i l e ,

9 nematode , i n s e c t , o r any o t h e r an ima l i n any s t a g e o f

1 deve lopmen t ( t h a t i s i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e s o - c a l l e d domes t i c

an ima l , t h e q u a r a n t i n e o f which i s p r o v i d e d f o r i n c h a p t e r 1 4 2 ) ;

12 g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d p r o d u c e p u r s u a n t t o s e c t i o n 328- ; box,

13 v e h i c l e , baggage, o r any o t h e r c o n t a i n e r i n which such a r t i c l e s

14 have been t r a n s p o r t e d o r any p a c k i n g m a t e r i a l u s e d i n c o n n e c t i o n

5 t h e r e w i t h s h a l l b e made i n t h e manner h e r e i n a f t e r s e t f o r t h :

16 1) N o t i f i c a t i o n o f a r r i v a l . Any p e r s o n who r e c e i v e s f o r

17 t r a n s p o r t o r b r i n g s o r c a u s e s t o b e b r o u g h t t o t h e

18 S t a t e a s f r e i g h t , a i r f r e i g h t , baggage , o r o t h e r w i s e ,

19 f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f d e b a r k a t i o n o r e n t r y t h e r e i n , o r a s

20 s h i p s s t o r e s , any o f t h e f o r e g o i n g a r t i c l e s , s h a l l ,

21 i m m e d i a t e l y upon t h e a r r i v a l t h e r e o f , n o t i f y t h e

22 d e p a r t m e n t , i n w r i t i n g , o f t h e a r r i v a l , g i v i n g t h e

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w a y b i l l number, con ta ine r number, name and address o f

the cons ignor, name and a d d r e s s of t he cons ignee o r

the cons ignee s agent i n t he S t a t e marks, number o f

packages , d e s c r i p t i o n o f c on t en t s o f each package,

p o r t a t which l a d e n , and any o the r in format ion t h a t

may be neces sa r y t o l o c a t e o r i d e n t i f y t he same, and

s h a l l ho ld such a r t i c l e s a t t he p i e r a i r p o r t o r any

o the r p lace where they a r e f i r s t r ece ived o r

d i s c h a rg e d , i n such a manner t h a t they w i l l no t sp r ead

o r be l i k e l y to sp r e a d any i n f e s t a t i o n o r i n f e c t i o n o f

i n s e c t s o r d i s e a s e s t h a t may be p r e s e n t u n t i l

i n spec t ion and examina t ion can be made by the

i n s p e c t o r to de te rmine whether o r n o t any a r t i c l e o r

any p o r t i o n t h e r e o f , i s i n f e s t e d o r i n f e c t e d wi t h o r

con t a in s any p e s t . The depar tment may adopt r u l e s to

r e q u i r e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f s p e c i f i c a r t i c l e s on

nego t i ab l e and no n - n ego t i a b l e warehouse r e c e i p t s

b i l l s of l ad ing , o r o t h e r documents of t i t l e fo r

i n spec t ion o f p e s t s . In add i t i on , t he depar tment

s h a l l adopt r u l e s to des igna t e r e s t r ic t e d a r t i c l e s

t h a t s h a l l r e q u i r e :

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A) A p e r m i t f rom t h e d e p a r t m e n t i n advance o f

i m p o r t a t i o n ; o r

B) A d e p a r t m e n t l e t t e r o f a u t h o r i z a t i o n o r

r e g i s t r a t i o n i n advance o f i m p o r t a t i o n .

The r e s t r i c t e d a r t i c l e s s h a l l i n c l u d e b u t n o t be

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l i m i t e d t o c e r t a i n microorgan i sms o r l i v i n g i n s e c t s .

F a i l u r e t o o b t a i n t h e p e r m i t l e t t e r o f a u t h o r i z a t i o n

o r r e g i s t r a t i o n i n advance i s a v i o l a t i o n o f t h i s

s e c t i o n ;

2) I n d i v i d u a l p a s s e n g e r s o f f i c e r s and c rew.

A) t s h a l l b e t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f t h e

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n company t o d i s t r i b u t e p r i o r t o

t h e d e b a r k a t i o n o f p a s s e n g e r s and baggage , t h e

S t a t e o f Hawai i p l a n t and an ima l d e c l a r a t i o n form

t o each p a s s e n g e r , o f f i c e r and c rew member o f

any a i r c r a f t o r v e s s e l o r i g i n a t i n g i n t h e

c o n t i n e n t a l U n i t e d S t a t e s o r i t s p o s s e s s i o n s o r

f rom any o t h e r a r e a n o t u n d e r t h e j u r i s d i c t i o n o f

t h e a p p r o p r i a t e f e d e r a l agency i n o r d e r t h a t t h e

p a s s e n g e r, o f f i c e r o r c rew member can comply

w i t h t h e d i r e c t i o n s and r e q u i r e m e n t s a p p e a r i n g

t h e r e o n . A l l p a s s e n g e r s , o f f i c e r s and c rew

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members w h e t h e r o r n o t t h e y a r e b r i n g i n g o r

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c a u s i n g t o b e b r o u g h t f o r e n t r y i n t o t h e S t a t e

t h e a r t i c l e s l i s t e d on t h e form s h a l l c o m p l e t e

t h e d e c l a r a t i o n , e x c e p t t h a t one a d u l t member o f

a f a m i l y may c o m p l e t e t h e d e c l a r a t i o n f o r o t h e r

f a m i l y members . Any p e r s o n who d e f a c e s t h e

d e c l a r a t i o n form r e q u i r e d u n d e r t h i s s e c t i o n ,

g i v e s f a l s e i n f o r m a t i o n , f a i l s t o d e c l a r e

r e s t r i c t e d a r t i c l e s i n t h e p e r s o n s p o s s e s s i o n o r

baggage o r f a i l s t o d e c l a r e i n c a rg o m a n i f e s t s

i s i n v i o l a t i o n o f t h i s s e c t i o n ;

B) Comple ted forms s h a l l b e c o l l e c t e d by t h e

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n company and b e d e l i v e r e d ,

i m m e d i a t e l y upon a r r i v a l , t o t h e i n s p e c t o r a t t h e

f i r s t a i r p o r t o r s e a p o r t o f a r r i v a l . F a i l u r e t o

d i s t r i b u t e o r c o l l e c t d e c l a r a t i o n forms o r t o

i m m e d i a t e l y d e l i v e r comple t ed forms i s a

v i o l a t i o n o f t h i s s e c t i o n ; and

C) t s h a l l b e t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f t h e o f f i c e r s

and c rew o f a n a i r c r a f t o r v e s s e l o r i g i n a t i n g i n

t h e c o n t i n e n t a l U n i t e d S t a t e s o r i t s p o s s e s s i o n s

o r f rom any o t h e r a r e a n o t u n d e r t h e j u r i s d i c t i o n

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o f t h e a p p r o p r i a t e f e d e r a l agency t o i m m e d i a t e l y

r e p o r t a l l s i g h t i n g s o f any p l a n t s and a n i m a l s t o

t h e p l a n t q u a r a n t i n e b r a n c h . F a i l u r e t o comply

w i t h t h i s r e q u i r e m e n t i s a v i o l a t i o n o f t h i s

s e c t i o n ;

3) P l a n t a n d a n i m a l d e c l a r a t i o n form. The form s h a l l

i n c l u d e d i r e c t i o n s f o r d e c l a r i n g d o m e s t i c and o t h e r

a n i m a l s c i t e d i n c h a p t e r 142 , i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e

a r t i c l e s enumera ted i n t h i s c h a p t e r ;

4) L a b e l s . Each c o n t a i n e r i n which any o f t h e a b o v e -

m e n t i o n e d a r t i c l e s a r e i m p o r t e d i n t o t h e S t a t e s h a l l

b e p l a i n l y and l e g i b l y marked, i n a c o n s p i c u o u s manner

and p l a c e , w i t h t h e name and a d d r e s s o f t h e s h i p p e r o r

owner f o r w a r d i n g o r s h i p p i n g t h e same, t h e name o r

mark o f t h e p e r s o n t o whom t h e same i s fo rwarded o r

s h i p p e d o r t h e p e r s o n s a g e n t , t h e name o f t h e

c o u n t r y, s t a t e , o r t e r r i t o r y and l o c a l i t y t h e r e i n

where t h e p r o d u c t was grown o r p r o d u c e d , and a

s t a t e m e n t o f t h e c o n t e n t s o f t h e c o n t a i n e r [ 7 ] L

p r o v i d e d t h a t a l l g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d p r o d u c e

p u r s u a n t t o s e c t i o n 328- s h a l l b e e x p l i c i t l y l a b e l e d

a s s u c h . Upon f a i l u r e t o comply w i t h t h i s p a r a g r a p h ,

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t h e i m p o r t e r o r c a r r i e r i s i n v i o l a t i o n o f t h i s

s e c t i o n ;

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5) A u t h o r i t y t o i n s p e c t . Whenever t h e i n s p e c t o r h a s good

c a u s e t o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f t h i s c h a p t e r

a r e b e i n g v i o l a t e d t h e i n s p e c t o r may:

A) E n t e r a n d i n s p e c t a n y a i r c r a f t v e s s e l o r o t h e r

c a r r i e r a t any t i m e a f t e r i t s a r r i v a l w i t h i n t h e

b o u n d a r i e s o f t h e S t a t e w h e t h e r o f f s h o r e a t t h e

p i e r o r a t t h e a i r p o r t f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f

d e t e r m i n i n g w h e t h e r any o f t h e a r t i c l e s o r p e s t s

e n u m e r a t e d i n t h i s c h a p t e r o r r u l e s a d o p t e d

t h e r e t o i s p r e s e n t ;

B) E n t e r i n t o o r upon a n y p i e r warehouse , a i r p o r t

o r a n y o t h e r p l a c e i n t h e S t a t e where any o f t h e

a b o v e - m e n t i o n e d a r t i c l e s a r e moved o r s t o r e d f o r

t h e p u r p o s e o f a s c e r t a i n i n g by i n s p e c t i o n and

e x a m i n a t i o n , w h e t h e r o r n o t any o f t h e a r t i c l e s

i s i n f e s t e d o r i n f e c t e d w i t h any p e s t o r d i s e a s e

o r c o n t a m i n a t e d w i t h s o i l o r c o n t a i n s p r o h i b i t e d

p l a n t s o r a n i m a l s ; and

C) I n s p e c t a n y baggage o r p e r s o n a l e f f e c t s o f

d i s e m b a r k i n g p a s s e n g e r s o f f i c e r s a n d c rew

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members on a i r c r a f t o r v e s s e l s a r r i v i n g i n t h e

S t a t e t o a s c e r t a i n i f t h e y c o n t a i n any o f t h e

a r t i c l e s o r p e s t s e n u m e r a t e d i n t h i s c h a p t e r . No

baggage o r o t h e r p e r s o n a l e f f e c t s o f t h e

p a s s e n g e r s o r c rew members s h a l l b e r e l e a s e d

u n t i l t h e baggage o r e f f e c t s h a v e b e e n p a s s e d .

Baggage o r c a rg o i n s p e c t i o n s h a l l b e made a t t h e

d i s c r e t i o n o f t h e i n s p e c t o r , on t h e p i e r , v e s s e l , o r

a i r c r a f t o r i n any q u a r a n t i n e o r i n s p e c t i o n a r e a .

Whenever t h e i n s p e c t o r h a s good c a u s e t o b e l i e v e

t h a t t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f t h i s c h a p t e r a r e b e i n g

v i o l a t e d , t h e i n s p e c t o r may r e q u i r e t h a t any b o x

p a c k a g e s u i t c a s e , o r any o t h e r c o n t a i n e r c a r r i e d a s

s h i p s s t o r e s , c a rg o o r o t h e r w i s e b y any v e s s e l o r

a i r c r a f t moving b e t w e e n t h e c o n t i n e n t a l U n i t e d S t a t e s

and Hawai i o r be tween t h e Hawai i an I s l a n d s , b e opened

f o r i n s p e c t i o n t o d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r any a r t i c l e o r

p e s t p r o h i b i t e d by t h i s c h a p t e r o r b y r u l e s a d o p t e d

p u r s u a n t t h e r e t o i s p r e s e n t . t i s a v i o l a t i o n o f

t h i s s e c t i o n i f any p r o h i b i t e d a r t i c l e o r any p e s t o r

any p l a n t , f r u i t , o r v e g e t a b l e i n f e s t e d w i t h p l a n t

p e s t s i s found;

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6) Reques t f o r i m p o r t a t i o n and i n s p e c t i o n . I n a d d i t i o n

t o r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s cus toms

a u t h o r i t i e s c o n c e r n i n g i n v o i c e s o r o t h e r f o r m a l i t i e s

i n c i d e n t t o i m p o r t a t i o n s i n t o t h e S t a t e , t h e i m p o r t e r

s h a l l b e r e q u i r e d t o f i l e a w r i t t e n s t a t e m e n t w i t h t h e

depar tmen t , s i g n e d b y t h e i m p o r t e r o r t h e i m p o r t e r s

a g e n t , s e t t i n g f o r t h t h e i m p o r t e r s d e s i r e t o i m p o r t

c e r t a i n o f t h e a b o v e - m e n t i o n e d a r t i c l e s i n t o t h e S t a t e

and:

A) G i v i n g t h e f o l l o w i n g a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n :

( i ) The k i n d ( s c i e n t i f i c name) , q u a n t i t y , and

d e s c r i p t i o n ;

( i i ) The l o c a l i t y where same were grown o r

p r o d u c e d ;

( i i i ) C e r t i f i c a t i o n t h a t a l l a n i m a l s t o b e

i m p o r t e d a r e t h e p r o g e n y o f c a p t i v e

p o p u l a t i o n s o r have b e e n h e l d i n c a p t i v i t y

f o r a p e r i o d o f one y e a r i m m e d i a t e l y p r i o r

t o i m p o r t a t i o n o r have b e e n s p e c i f i c a l l y

a p p r o v e d f o r i m p o r t a t i o n b y t h e b o a r d ;

i v ) C e r t i f i c a t i o n t h a t a l l g e n e t i c a l l y

e n g i n e e r e d p r o d u c e i n t e n d e d f o r human

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g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d p u r s u a n t t o s e c t i o n

328- , and t h a t such p roduce i s n o t

i d e n t i f i e d a s a n i n v a s i v e o r t h r e a t e n i n g

s p e c i e s by t h e i n v a s i v e s p e c i e s c o u n c i l i n

a c c o r d a n c e w i t h c h a p t e r 194;

~ ] (v) The p o r t f rom which t h e same were l a s t

sh ipped ;

~ ] (v i ) The name o f t h e s h i p p e r ; and

~ ] ( v i i ) The name o f t h e c o n s i g n e e ; and

B) C o n t a i n i n g :

( i ) A r e q u e s t t h a t t h e d e p a r t m e n t , by i t s d u l y

a u t h o r i z e d a g e n t , examine t h e a r t i c l e s

d e s c r i b e d ;

( i i ) An agreemen t b y t h e i m p o r t e r t o b e

r e s p o n s i b l e f o r a l l c o s t s , c h a rg e s , o r

e x p e n s e s ; and

( i i i ) A w a i v e r o f a l l c l a i m s f o r damages i n c i d e n t

t o t h e i n s p e c t i o n o r t h e f u m i g a t i o n ,

d i s i n f e c t i o n , q u a r a n t i n e , o r d e s t r u c t i o n o f

t h e a r t i c l e s , o r any o f them, a s h e r e i n a f t e r

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p r o v i d e d , i any t r e a t m e n t i s deemed

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F a i l u r e o r r e f u s a l t o f i l e a s t a t e m e n t , i n c l u d i n g

t h e a g r e e m e n t a n d w a i v e r , i s a v i o l a t i o n o f t h i s

s e c t i o n a n d may, i n t h e d i s c r e t i o n o f t h e d e p a r t m e n t ,

b e s u f f i c i e n t c a u s e f o r r e f u s i n g t o p e r m i t t h e e n t r y

o f t h e a r t i c l e s i n t o t h e S t a t e ;

7) P l a c e o f i n s p e c t i o n . I f , i n t h e j udgmen t o f t h e

i n s p e c t o r , i t i s deemed n e c e s s a r y o r a d v i s a b l e t o move

any o f t h e a b o v e - m e n t i o n e d a r t i c l e s , o r any p o r t i o n

t h e r e o f , t o a p l a c e more s u i t a b l e f o r i n s p e c t i o n t h a n

t h e p i e r , a i r p o r t , o r any o t h e r p l a c e where t h e y a r e

f i r s t r e c e i v e d o r d i s c h a r g e d , t h e i n s p e c t o r i s

a u t h o r i z e d t o do s o . A l l c o s t s and e x p e n s e s i n c i d e n t

t o t h e movement and t r a n s p o r t a t i o n o f t h e a r t i c l e s t o

s u c h p l a c e s h a l l b e b o r n e by t h e i m p o r t e r o r t h e

i m p o r t e r s a g e n t . I f t h e i m p o r t e r , i m p o r t e r s a g e n t ,

o r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n company r e q u e s t s i n s p e c t i o n o f

s e a l e d c o n t a i n e r s o f t h e a b o v e - m e n t i o n e d a r t i c l e s a t

l o c a t i o n s o t h e r t h a n where t h e a r t i c l e s a r e f i r s t

r e c e i v e d o r d i s c h a r g e d and t h e d e p a r t m e n t d e t e r m i n e s

t h a t i n s p e c t i o n a t s u c h p l a c e i s a p p r o p r i a t e , t h e

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d e p a r t m e n t may r e q u i r e payment o f c o s t s n e c e s s i t a t e d

by t h e s e i n s p e c t i o n s i n c l u d i n g o v e r t i m e c o s t s ;

(8) D i s i n f e c t i o n o r q u a r a n t i n e . I f upon i n s p e c t i o n any

a r t i c l e r e c e i v e d o r b r o u g h t i n t o t h e S t a t e f o r t h e

p u r p o s e o f d e b a r k a t i o n o r e n t r y t h e r e i n i s found t o b e

i n f e s t e d o r i n f e c t e d o r t h e r e i s r e a s o n a b l e c a u s e t o

presume t h a t i t i s i n f e s t e d o r i n f e c t e d and t h e

i n f e s t a t i o n o r i n f e c t i o n can , i n t h e j udgmen t o f t h e

i n s p e c t o r b e e r a d i c a t e d a t r e a t m e n t s h a l l b e g i v e n

s u c h a r t i c l e . The t r e a t m e n t s h a l l b e a t t h e expense

o f t h e owner o r t h e o w n e r s a g e n t and t h e t r e a t m e n t

s h a l l b e a s p r e s c r i b e d by t h e d e p a r t m e n t . The a r t i c l e

s h a l l b e h e l d i n q u a r a n t i n e a t t h e expense o f t h e

owner o r t h e o w n e r s a g e n t a t a s a t i s f a c t o r y p l a c e

approved by t h e d e p a r t m e n t f o r a s u f f i c i e n t l e n g t h o f

t i m e t o d e t e r m i n e t h a t e r a d i c a t i o n h a s b e e n

a c c o m p l i s h e d . I f t h e i n f e s t a t i o n o r i n f e c t i o n i s o f

s u c h n a t u r e o r e x t e n t t h a t i t c a n n o t b e e f f e c t i v e l y

and c o m p l e t e l y e r a d i c a t e d o r i i t i s a p o t e n t i a l l y

d e s t r u c t i v e p e s t o r i t i s n o t w i d e s p r e a d i n t h e S t a t e

o r a f t e r t r e a t m e n t i t i s d e t e r m i n e d t h a t t h e

i n f e s t a t i o n o r i n f e c t i o n i s n o t c o m p l e t e l y e r a d i c a t e d

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o r i t h e owner o r t h e o w n e r s a g e n t r e f u s e s t o a l l o w

t h e a r t i c l e t o b e t r e a t e d o r t o b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e

c o s t o f t r e a t m e n t and q u a r a n t i n e t h e a r t i c l e o r any

p o r t i o n t h e r e o f t o g e t h e r w i t h a l l p a c k i n g and

c o n t a i n e r s may, a t t h e d i s c r e t i o n o f t h e i n s p e c t o r

b e d e s t r o y e d o r s e n t o u t o f t h e S t a t e a t t h e expense

o f t h e owner o r t h e o w n e r s a g e n t . Such d e s t r u c t i o n

o r e x c l u s i o n s h a l l n o t b e made t h e b a s i s o f a c l a i m

a g a i n s t t h e d e p a r t m e n t o r t h e i n s p e c t o r f o r damage o r

l o s s i n c u r r e d ;

(9) D i s p o s i t i o n . Upon c o m p l e t i o n o f i n s p e c t i o n e i t h e r a t

t h e t ime o f a r r i v a l o r a t any t i m e t h e r e a f t e r s h o u l d

any a r t i c l e b e h e l d f o r i n s p e c t i o n t r e a t m e n t o r

q u a r a n t i n e t h e i n s p e c t o r s h a l l a f f i x t o t h e a r t i c l e

o r t h e c o n t a i n e r o r t o t h e d e l i v e r y o r d e r i n a

consp icuous p l a c e t h e r e o n , a t a g l a b e l o r s tamp t o

i n d i c a t e t h a t t h e a r t i c l e has been i n s p e c t e d and

p a s s e d . T h i s a c t i o n s h a l l c o n s t i t u t e a p e r m i t t o

b r i n g t h e a r t i c l e i n t o t h e S t a t e ; and

2 (10) P o r t s o f e n t r y. None o f t h e a r t i c l e s ment ioned i n

21 t h i s s e c t i o n s h a l l b e a l l o w e d e n t r y i n t o t h e S t a t e

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e x c e p t t h r o u g h t h e a i r p o r t s a n d s e a p o r t s i n t h e S t a t e

d e s i g n a t e d and a p p r o v e d b y t h e b o a r d .

SECTION 3 . S e c t i o n lSOA-6.1 , Hawai i R e v i s e d S t a t u t e s , i s

4 amended t o r e a d a s f o l l o w s :

5 150A-6.1 Plan t impor t . a) The b o a r d s h a l l m a i n t a i n a

6 l s t o f r e s t r i c t e d p l a n t s t h a t r e q u i r e a p e r m i t f o r e n t r y i n t o

7 t h e S t a t e . R e s t r i c te d p l a n t s o r any p o r t i o n t h e r e o f s h a l l n o t

8 b e i m p o r t e d i n t o t h e S t a t e w i t h o u t a p e r m i t i s s u e d p u r s u a n t t o

9 r u l e s .

1 b) The d e p a r t m e n t s h a l l d e s i g n a t e , b y r u l e , a s r e s t r i c t e d

p l a n t s , s p e c i f i c p l a n t s t h a t may b e d e t r i m e n t a l o r p o t e n t i a l l y

2 h a r m f u l t o a g r i c u l t u r e , h o r t i c u l t u r e , t h e e n v i r o n m e n t , o r a n i m a l

13 o r p u b l i c h e a l t h , o r t h a t s p r e a d o r may b e l i k e l y t o s p r e a d a n

14 i n f e s t a t i o n o r i n f e c t i o n o f an i n s e c t , p e s t , o r d i s e a s e t h a t i s

15 d e t r i m e n t a l o r p o t e n t i a l l y h a r m f u l t o a g r i c u l t u r e , h o r t i c u l t u r e ,

16 t h e e n v i r o n m e n t , o r an ima l o r p u b l i c h e a l t h . I n a d d i t i o n , p l a n t

17 s p e c i e s d e s i g n a t e d by r u l e a s n o x i o u s weeds a r e d e s i g n a t e d a s

18 r e s t r i c t e d p l a n t s .

19 c) The d e p a r t m e n t may r e g u l a t e o r p r o h i b i t t h e s a l e o f

20 s p e c i f i c p l a n t s on t h e l s t o f r e s t r i c t e d p l a n t s b y r u l e .

21 d) Noxious weeds may b e i m p o r t e d o n l y f o r r e s e a r c h , b y

22 p e r m i t , a n d s h a l l n o t b e o f f e r e d f o r s a l e o r s o l d i n t h e S t a t e .

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1 (e) No p e r s o n s h a l l i m p o r t , o f f e r f o r s a l e , o r s e l l w i t h i n

2 t h e S t a t e any p l a n t o r p r o p a g a t i v e p o r t i o n o f S a l v i n i a m o l e s t a

3 o r S a l v i n i a minima and P i s t i a s t r a t i o t e s .

4 ( f ) No p e r s o n s h a l l i m p o r t , o f f e r f o r s a l e , o r s e l l w i t h i n

5 t h e S t a t e any p l a n t , o r t h e produce o r any p o r t i o n o f a p l a n t ,

6 t h a t c o n s t i t u t e s g e n e t i c a l l y m o d i f i e d p r o d u c e i n v i o l a t i o n o f

7 s e c t i o n 328-

8 PART I I

9 SECTION 4 . The p u r p o s e o f t h i s p a r t i s t o a u t h o r i z e t h e

1 l a b e l i n g o f q u a l i f i e d f o o d s o l d a t r e t a i l a s n o t g e n e t i c a l l y

eng inee red o r does n o t i n c l u d e a g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d

12 i n g r e d i e n t .

13 The l e g i s l a t u r e i n t e n d s t h a t any i n t e r e s t e d p e r s o n o r

14 p u b l i c agency have t h e a u t h o r i t y t o s e e k an i n j u n c t i o n t o

15 p r e v e n t o r t e r m i n a t e a v i o l a t i o n o f t h i s p a r t .

16 SECTION 5 . The Hawai i Revised S t a t u t e s i s amended b y

17 a d d i n g a new c h a p t e r t o b e a p p r o p r i a t e l y d e s i g n a t e d and t o r e a d

18 a s f o l l o w s :

19 CHAPTER

20 LABELING OF NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD

21 A D e f i n i t i o n s . For t h e purpose o f t h i s c h a p t e r :

22 Food h a s t h e same meaning a s d e f i n e d u n d e r s e c t i o n 328-1 .

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2 produced from an organism i n which t he gene t i c m a t e r i a l has been

3 changed th rough the a p p l i c a t i o n of :

4 1 In v i t r o nuc le i c a c i d t echniques , i nc lud ing

5 recombinant deoxyr ibonuc le ic ac id o r r i bonuc le i c a c i d

6 t echniques t h a t use vec to r systems; t echniques

7 invo lv ing the d i r e c t i n t roduc t ion i n t o t he organism of

8 h e r e d i t a r y mate r i a l s prepa red ou t s ide the organisms,

9 such as micro - in j ec t ion , macro- in jec t ion ,

1 chemoporat ion, e lec t ropora t ion , micro-encapsula t ion ,

11 and l iposome fus ion ; and the d i r e c t i n j e c t i o n of

12 nuc le i c ac id i n t o c e l l s o r organe l l e s ; o r

13 2) Fusion of c e l l s i nc lud ing p r o t o p l a s t fu s ion , or14 hybr id i za t ion t echniques t h a t overcome n a t u r a l

15 phys io log ica l , r ep roduc t ive , o r recombinat ion

16 b a r r i e r s where t he donor c e l l s / p r o t o p l a s t s do no t

7 f a l l wi th in the same taxonomic family, i n a way t h a t

18 does no t occur by n a t u r a l m u l t i p l i c a t i o n o r n a t u r a l

19 recombinat ion.

2 Label means the same as de f ined under s e c t i o n 328-2.

21 Organism means any b i o l o g i c a l e n t i t y capable of

22 r e p l i c a t i o n reproduct ion , o r t r a n s f e r r i n g gene t i c mate r i a l .

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-B Not genetically engineered or does not include a

2 genetically engineered ingredient food; permitted labeling

3 a Food offered fo r r e t a i l sale may have a label s ta t ing that

the food is not genetically engineered or does no t include a

5 genetically engineered ingredient if th e s ta te ment is true

6 b Th e food label authorized by this section shal l be

7 displayed in accordance with section 328-8.

8 c Food offered fo r re ta i l sale with a label fa lsely

9 stating that the food is not genetically engineered or does

10 no t include a genetically engineered ingredient shal l be a

11 violat ion of this section

12 -C Injunctive re l ie f a Any person or public

13 agency may bring a ivil action in any c i rcu i t court of

14 competent jurisdict ion fo r injunctive r e l i e f to prevent o r

15 terminate any violat ion of section -B.

16 b The c i rcu i t court in it s discretion may award, to a

17 prevai l ing person or public agency, reasonable attorneys fees

18 and costs fo r investigating and prosecuting the act ion

19 PART

20 SECTION 6. f any provision of this Act, or the

21 application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held

22 invalid the inva l id i ty does no t affect other provisions or

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1 a p p l i c a t i o n s o f t h e Act t h a t can b e g i v e n e f f e c t w i t h o u t t h e

2 i n v a l i d p r o v i s i o n o r a p p l i c a t i o n and t o t h i s end t h e p r o v i s i o n s

3 o f t h i s Act a r e s e v e r a b l e .

4 SECTION 7 . I n c o d i f y i n g t h e new s e c t i o n s added by s e c t i o n

5 5 o f t h i s A c t t h e r e v i s o r o f s t a t u t e s s h a l l s u b s t i t u t e

6 a p p r o p r i a t e s e c t i o n numbers f o r t h e l e t t e r s u s e d i n d e s i g n a t i n g

7 t h e new s e c t i o n s i n t h i s Act .

8 SECTION 8 . S t a t u t o r y m a t e r i a l t o b e r e p e a l e d i s b r a c k e t e d

9 and s t r i c k e n . New s t a t u t o r y m a t e r i a l i s u n d e r s c o r e d .

1 SECTION 9. T h i s Act s h a l l t a k e e f f e c t on J u l y 1 2112.

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