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Mtr ar ~"~'i ~'l ` UGI~. COUNTY OF HAWAII :.J ,': ~>i o~'xr.'r RESOLUTION NO. STATE OF HAWAII ~~ V 9 A RESOLUTION URGING OPPOSITION TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1226, HDl, RELATING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT ORGANISMS. WHEREAS, Bill 361, Draft 2, prohibiting tests, propagation, cultivation, planting, growing or introduction of genetically engineered (transgenic) taro (kalo) and coffee, was passed by the County Council of Hawaii on November 13, 2008; and WHEREAS, House Bill No. 1226 HD1 preempts any other county regulatory action that bans or restricts all activities relating to genetically modified plant organisms, including the provisions contained in Hawaii County Code, Chapter 14, Article 15; and WHEREAS, House Bill No. 1226 HD1 if passed by the State Legislature would restrict the County of Hawaii from exercising any further regulatory activity regarding the highly controversial matter of genetically modified plant organisms, including the control of field testing regardless of future scientific findings; and WHEREAS, House Bill No. 1226 HD1 would usurp county authority to set future agricultural policy regarding genetically modified organisms and thereby repudiate home rule principals without just cause; and WHEREAS, the County Council of Maui approved Resolution 09-29 on March 20, 2008 which urges opposition to House Bill No. 1226 HD1; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it hereby opposes to House Bill No. 1226, HD1, and support Hawaii County Code, Chapter 14, Article 5 passed in November 2008 prohibiting the research on, and planting of genetically engineered taro and genetically engineered coffee; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it herby urges opposition to House Bill No. 1226, HD l , in order to protect and preserve the County's home rule and authority; and