Bill Text: HI SB2728 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Ocean Recreation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-24 - Referred to WTL, JDC. [SB2728 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2728-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to OCEAN RECREATION.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 200-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Except
as provided in subsection (b), any person who violates this part or any
rule adopted [by the department under] pursuant to this part [or
who violates this part,] shall be [fined] subject to an administrative
fine of not [more than $1,000 or] less than $50 and not more than
$1,000 for each instance of violation, and any vessel, the agents,
owner, or crew of which violate the rules of the department or this part, shall
be [fined] subject to an administrative fine of not [more than
$1,000 or] less than $50 and not more than $1,000 for each instance
of violation[; provided that in addition to or as a condition to the
suspension of the fines and penalties, the environmental court may deprive the
offender of the privilege of operating or mooring any vessel in state waters
for a period of not more than thirty days]."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Boating; Ocean Recreation; Penalties; Administrative Fines
Description:
Amends penalties for violations of administrative rules governing boating and ocean recreation. Removes the environmental court's ability to suspend an individual's ability to operate or moor a vessel in state waters for violating an administrative rule.
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
