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MAY Oi M,~ <br />4~~L~ <br />i. ~~~il~ <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br />:~,~'` <br />RESOLUTION NO. 8~ ®~ <br />(Draft 2) <br />A RESOLUTION URGING OPPOSITION TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1226, HDl, <br />RELATING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT ORGANISMS. <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 08-154, prohibiting tests, propagation, cultivation, planting, <br />growing or introduction of genetically engineered (transgenic) taro (kalo) and coffee, was passed <br />by the County Council of Hawaii on November 13, 2008; and <br />WHEREAS, House Bill No. 1226 HD 1 preempts any other county regulatory action that <br />bans or restricts all activities relating to genetically modified plant organisms, except that <br />contained in Hawaii County Bill 361, Drafr 2; and <br />WHEREAS, House Bill No. 1226 HD1 if passed by the State Legislature would restrict <br />the County of Hawaii from exercising any further regulatory activity in regard this highly <br />controversial matter of genetically modified plant organisms, to include the control of field <br />testing regardless of future scientific findings; and <br />WHEREAS, House Bill No. 1226 HD1 would usurp county authority to set future <br />agricultural policy regarding genetically modified organisms and thereby repudiate home rule <br />principles without just cause; and <br />WHEREAS, the County Council of Maui approved Resolution 09-29 on March 20, 2009 <br />which urges opposition to House Bill No. 1226 HDl now, therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it <br />hereby urges opposition to House Bill No. 1226, HD1, in unison with Bill 361, Drafr 2 passed in <br />November 2008 prohibiting the research on, and planting of genetically engineered taro and <br />genetically engineered coffee; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF <br />HAWAII that it hereby urges opposition to House Bill No. 1226, HD1, in order to protect and <br />preserve the County's home rule and authority; and <br />