HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

776

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO RADIATION LEVELS in seafood.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:



     SECTION 1.  The department of health shall implement a radiation monitoring pilot project that shall:

     (1)  Measure and monitor radiation levels in seafood and seaweed caught, harvested, and commercially offered in Hawaii and identify increased radiation levels due to the March 11, 2011, Fukushima nuclear disaster; and

     (2)  Post periodic reports on the department's website of those radiation levels and their significance to the State.

     (b)  The pilot project shall commence on July 1, 2015, and shall terminate on June 30, 2020.

     (c)  The department shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020.  The report shall include a recommendation on whether the pilot project should be continued, modified, or terminated.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $           or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 for equipment acquisition, staff training, and website development to be used for the purposes of this Act.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2015, and shall be repealed on June 30, 2020.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DOH; Pilot Project; Radiation Levels; Seafood; Appropriations

 

Description:

Requires DOH to implement a pilot project to monitor radiation levels in seafood and seaweed over the next 5 years and to post periodic reports on its website.  Makes an appropriation.

 

 

 

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