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HI Rev Stat § 186-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|186. Tree Farms|186-3 Applications; management plans.

  §186-3 Applications; management plans. (a) The owner of any property which complies with the requirements specified in section 186-2 may apply to the board for classification of the owner's property as tree farm property. The application shall comply with rules adopted by the department to implement this section and shall include any additional information required by the board. The application shall be signed by all persons having an interest in or holding any encumbrance upon the property and shall state that all of them will comply with the management plan upon its approval.  (b) All public hearings required by statute or rules of the department shall be held before any management plan is approved. The management plan shall be available to the public not less than thirty days before approval. Notice of its availability shall be published in the bulletin of the office of planning and sustainable development. The plan shall be reviewed periodically by the board or its employees or authorized agents at intervals of no more than every five years. The review shall determine whether the owner has met the objectives in the management plan. The board may approve or require in consultation with the landowner alteration of the management plan to adapt to current conditions. [L 1963, c 141, §4; Supp, §87D-4; HRS §186-3; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 50, §2; am L 1994, c 207, §2; am L 2021, c 152, §16 and c 153, §9]
HI Rev Stat § 186-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|186. Tree Farms|186-4 Classification; rules.

  §186-4 Classification; rules. (a) If the board finds that the property identified in the application is suited for the raising of commercial tree species and other forest products in quantity sufficient to establish a business in the sale thereof, and that the use will not have a significant negative effect on a native forest ecosystem, the property may be classified by the board as tree farm property.  (b) The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 necessary for the purposes of this chapter to include procedures, conditions, and fees for establishing tree farms. [L 1963, c 141, §5; Supp, §87D-5; HRS §186-4; am L 1969, c 170, §32; am L 1975, c 157, §29; am L 1989, c 50, §3; am L 1994, c 207, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 186-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|186. Tree Farms|186-5 Agreement with owner.

  §186-5 Agreement with owner. Upon classification, the board shall be responsible for preparing, executing, and administering an agreement with the applicant and others having an interest in or encumbrance upon the tree farm property. The agreement shall be for a period of not less than twenty years but shall contain, inter alia, the following conditions:  (1) The agreement shall be canceled and terminated and the tree farm property shall thereby be declassified if, upon investigation, the board determines that the owner of the property is not complying with this chapter or the management plan;  (2) Any owner of tree farm property desiring to withdraw all or part of the property from the operations of this chapter may at any time make written application to the board;  (3) The owner shall develop and maintain trees of commercial species and other forest products as specified in the management plan. The agreement shall also contain other terms and conditions deemed advisable by the board. [L 1963, c 141, §6; Supp, §87D-6; HRS §186-5; am L 1989, c 50, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 186-5.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|186. Tree Farms|186-5.5 Right to harvest.

  §186-5.5 Right to harvest. (a) The owner of land shall have the right to harvest new trees generated according to a management plan approved by the department on lands within the agricultural district as provided by section 186-2(a)(1), or on degraded forest and pasture lands within the conservation district and zoned for commercial forest use as provided by section 186-2(a)(2); provided that this right shall be subject to the power of the State to protect health, safety, and welfare.  (b) The State's liability as a result of the right to harvest new trees shall be limited to actions taken only by the State and shall not extend to any private property rights.  (c) As used in this section, "degraded forests" means areas which have had considerable disturbance, are altered from their natural state, and contain less than twenty per cent crown canopy of native tree species. [L 1994, c 207, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 186-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|186. Tree Farms|186-6 Development and maintenance of tree farm property.

  §186-6 Development and maintenance of tree farm property. The applicant shall implement the tree farm management plan according to the schedule set forth in the plan. If the board determines that a satisfactory crop has not been established within the schedule set forth in the management plan, the property shall be declassified from its status as tree farm property. [L 1963, c 141, §7; Supp, §87D-7; HRS §186-6; am L 1989, c 50, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 186-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|186. Tree Farms|186-11 Additional lands.

  §186-11 Additional lands. An owner of land may at any time apply to the board to have more acreage classified as tree farm property subject either to a new agreement or to the original agreement. [L 1963, c 141, §12; Supp, §87D-12; HRS §186-11; am L 1989, c 50, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 186-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|186. Tree Farms|186-12 REPEALED.

  §186-12 REPEALED. L 1989, c 50, §11.
HI Rev Stat § 187A-1.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-1.5 State marine waters. As used in this chapter, state marine waters shall be defined as extending from the upper reaches of the wash of the waves on shore seaward to the limit of the State's police power and management authority, including the United States territorial sea, notwithstanding any law to the contrary. [L 1990, c 126, §1]

  §187A-1.5 State marine waters. As used in this chapter, state marine waters shall be defined as extending from the upper reaches of the wash of the waves on shore seaward to the limit of the State's police power and management authority, including the United States territorial sea, notwithstanding any law to the contrary. [L 1990, c 126, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-1.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-1.6 Applicability of statutes and rules.

  §187A-1.6 Applicability of statutes and rules. This subtitle and any rules under this subtitle relating to fishing which are applicable to state marine waters shall also apply to the following persons in waters outside state marine waters but within the federal conservation zone:  (1) Residents of the State;  (2) Any commercial marine licensee; and  (3) Any permittee or licensee under this subtitle. [L 1991, c 160, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-2 Powers and duties of department.

  §187A-2 Powers and duties of department. The department shall:  (1) Manage and administer the aquatic life and aquatic resources of the State;  (2) Establish and maintain aquatic life propagating station or stations;  (3) Establish, manage, and regulate public fishing areas, artificial reefs, fish aggregating devices, marine life conservation districts, shoreline fishery management areas, refuges, and other areas pursuant to title 12;  (4) Subject to this title, import aquatic life for the purpose of propagating and disseminating the same in the State and the waters subject to its jurisdiction;  (5) Distribute, free of charge, as the department deems to be in the public interest, aquatic life, for the purpose of increasing the food supply of the State; provided that when, in the discretion of the department, the public interest shall not be materially interfered with by so doing, the department may propagate and furnish aquatic life to private parties, upon such reasonable terms, conditions, and prices determined by the department;  (6) Gather and compile information and statistics concerning the habitat and character of, and increase and decrease in, aquatic resources in the State, including the care and propagation of aquatic resources for protective, productive, and aesthetic purposes, and other useful information, which the department deems proper;  (7) Enforce all laws relating to the protecting, taking, killing, propagating, or increasing of aquatic life within the State and the waters subject to its jurisdiction; and  (8) Formulate and from time to time recommend to the governor and legislature such additional legislation necessary or desirable to implement the objectives of title 12. [L 1985, c 94, pt of §1; am L 1998, c 176, §7] Law Journals and Reviews  Protecting Hawai €˜i's Fisheries: Creating an Effective Regulatory Scheme to Sustain Hawai €˜i's Fish Stocks. 29 UH L. Rev. 243.
HI Rev Stat § 187A-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-3 REPEALED.

  §187A-3 REPEALED. L 1998, c 176, §9.
HI Rev Stat § 187A-3.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-3.5 Aquaculturist license and license to sell prohibited aquatic life.

  §187A-3.5 Aquaculturist license and license to sell prohibited aquatic life. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions in subtitle 5 of title 12, or administrative rules adopted thereunder, the department may issue to any qualified aquaculturist a license to fish, possess, rear, and sell any aquatic life whose fishing, possession or sale is prohibited by closed season, minimum size, or bag limit; provided that the qualified aquaculturist rears or reared the aquatic life in an aquaculture facility.  (b) The department may further issue to any person a license to possess or sell or offer for sale any aquatic life whose possession or sale is prohibited by a closed season, minimum size, or bag limit; provided that the aquatic life was reared by a licensed qualified aquaculturist in an aquaculture facility pursuant to subsection (a).  (c) The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, to implement this section by establishing the licenses, fees, and terms or conditions necessary for the fishing, possession, or sale of aquatic life whose fishing, possession, or sale is prohibited by closed season, minimum size, or bag limit. [L 1995, c 111, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-4 Administrator.

  §187A-4 Administrator. The board shall appoint an administrator of aquatic resources who shall have charge, direction, and control of all matters relating to aquatic resources management, conservation, and development activities under this title, and such other matters as the board may direct. The administrator shall be trained and educated in natural resource management. [L 1985, c 94, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-6 Special activity permits.

  §187A-6 Special activity permits. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the department may take aquatic life or possess or use any fishing gear for scientific, educational, management, or propagation purposes, for removal of aquatic species, or for implementing the powers and duties as described by section 187A-2; subject to chapter 195D. The department shall consider using chemicals or electrofishing devices only when it has determined that no other reasonable alternative would be appropriate. The application of chemicals or operation of electrofishing devices shall be in accordance with established procedures and with the proper training to ensure that the intended results are achieved.  (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the department may issue permits, not longer than one year in duration, to any person to take aquatic life, possess or use fishing gear, or engage in any feeding, watching, or other such non-consumptive activity related to aquatic resources, otherwise prohibited by law, in any part of the State, for scientific, educational, management, or propagation purposes, subject to chapter 195D and subject to those restrictions the department deems desirable. The department may revoke any permit for any infraction of the terms and conditions of the permit. Any person whose permit has been revoked shall not be eligible to apply for another permit until the expiration of one year from the date of revocation.  (c) The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 for the purpose of this section.  (d) For the purposes of this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Fishing gear" means any device, including the use of any chemical or electricity that is either designed to take aquatic life or could be used to take aquatic life. [L 1985, c 94, pt of §1; am L 1991, c 160, §3; am L 1992, c 96, §1; am L 2002, c 96, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-6.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-6.5 Release and confiscation of harmful aquatic life.

  §187A-6.5 Release and confiscation of harmful aquatic life. (a) No person shall release any live non-native fish or other live non-native aquatic life being held in an aquarium or other confinement for scientific study, exhibition, display, sale, or for any other purpose, into any waters of the State, except as provided in section 187A-2(4).  (b) The department or its agents may seize, confiscate, or destroy, as a public nuisance, any fish or other aquatic life found in any waters of the State and whose importation is prohibited or restricted pursuant to rules of the department of agriculture. [L 1993, c 256, §1; am L 1999, c 195, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-7 Expenditures.

  §187A-7 Expenditures. (a) The department may expend all appropriations made for the purpose of effectuating the objects of title 12.  (b) To further the purposes of title 12, the department may:  (1) Use lands set apart for the department's use by the governor; and  (2) Accept gifts and contributions or enter into contracts. Gifts and contributions may be accepted from, or contracts entered into with, public or private agencies or individuals. Any gifts and contributions accepted under this section to benefit sport fish or sport fishing shall be subject to the requirements specified under section 187A-9.5.  (c) All expenditures by the department shall be approved and certified by the board. [L 1985, c 94, pt of §1; am L 1993, c 143, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-8 Cooperation with other governmental authorities.

  §187A-8 Cooperation with other governmental authorities. The department shall endeavor to secure the cooperation and assistance of and shall cooperate with the appropriate agency of the United States or other governmental authorities having an interest in the subject matter of title 12, in every way possible, for the promotion of the purposes of title 12. More specifically, the department may permit the appropriate agency of the United States or other governmental authorities to occupy any land or building and use any appliance, apparatus, or property held or controlled by the department, either independently or in conjunction with the department, upon such terms and conditions as the department and the agency may mutually agree. [L 1985, c 94, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-9 Federal aid in sport fish restoration.

  §187A-9 Federal aid in sport fish restoration. The State hereby assents to the provisions of the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration (Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux) Act (64 Stat. 430, 16 U.S.C. §777), as amended. The department shall perform those acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of cooperative aquatic life restoration, management, development, aquatic education, and recreational boating access projects, as defined in the Act of Congress and in compliance with the Act and regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Interior thereunder; provided that federal aid funds granted under the Act shall be used for the purposes of approved projects, and no funds accruing to the State from license fees paid by sport fishers, including any interest, dividend, or other income earned from the license fees, shall be diverted for any purpose other than as provided for in the Act and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. [L 1985, c 94, pt of §1; am L 1993, c 143, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-10 Agents to sell licenses.

  §187A-10 Agents to sell licenses. (a) The department may designate agents to sell fishing licenses in accordance with this section. Agents shall report all sales of licenses to the department monthly and not later than the fifteenth day of the month following the month covered by the report. Wilful failure to make a report shall be cause for cancellation of the agency and upon the cancellation a full accounting and settlement for all licenses shall be made forthwith. All fees collected shall be remitted to the department at the same time as the report of license sales is made. If the agents prepay for the licenses, then the fees collected shall be retained by agents, rather than remitted to the department.  (b) Agents shall receive ten per cent of the value of licenses sold. All reports on license sales shall be made on forms supplied by the department. The duly authorized agents of the department may administer oaths as required in license applications. Chapter 40 shall not apply to the agents. [L 1985, c 94, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 93, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-11 REPEALED.

  §187A-11 REPEALED. L 2002, c 86, §8.
HI Rev Stat § 187A-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-12 University of Hawaii may use land, etc.

  §187A-12 University of Hawaii may use land, etc. The University of Hawaii shall have the privilege, free of charge, of using the land, buildings, apparatus, and appliances of the department for the purposes of a biological laboratory and for research and investigation in connection therewith, so far as the same can be done without material interference with the use of the same as an aquatic life propagation station or for other aquatic-resources activities. The university shall render to the department, in return therefor, such assistance as is reasonably practicable, in connection with the aquatic life propagation station or for other aquatic-resources activities, and as may be mutually agreed upon. [L 1985, c 94, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-12.4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-12.4 Misrepresentation or false statement in receipts and reports.

 §187A-12.4 Misrepresentation or false statement in receipts and reports. Any person who knowingly misrepresents any material fact or makes a false statement in any document required by subtitle 5 of title 12, or any rule adopted thereunder, shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. [L 1999, c 195, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-12.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-12.5 General administrative penalties.

  §187A-12.5 General administrative penalties. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the board is authorized to set, charge, and collect administrative fines and to recover administrative fees and costs, including attorney's fees and costs, or bring legal action to recover administrative fines, fees, and costs, including attorney's fees and costs, or payment for damages or for the cost to correct damages resulting from a violation of subtitle 5 of title 12 or any rule adopted thereunder.  (b) For violations involving threatened or endangered species, the administrative fines shall be as follows:  (1) For a first violation, a fine of not more than $5,000;  (2) For a second violation within five years of a previous violation, a fine of not more than $10,000; and  (3) For a third or subsequent violation within five years of the last violation, a fine of not more than $15,000.  (c) For all other violations the administrative fines shall be as follows:  (1) For a first violation, a fine of not more than $1,000;  (2) For a second violation within five years of a previous violation, a fine of not more than $2,000; and  (3) For a third or subsequent violation within five years of the last violation, a fine of not more than $3,000.  (d) In addition to subsection (b), a fine of up to $5,000 may be levied for each specimen of threatened or endangered aquatic life taken, killed, or injured in violation of subtitle 5 of title 12 or any rule adopted thereunder.  (e) In addition to subsection (c), a fine of up to $1,000 may be levied for each specimen of all other aquatic life taken, killed, or injured in violation of subtitle 5 of title 12 or any rule adopted thereunder.  (f) Any criminal penalty for any violation of subtitle 5 of title 12 or any rule adopted thereunder shall not be deemed to preclude the State from recovering additional administrative fines, fees, and costs, including attorney's fees and costs. [L 1998, c 243, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-13 General penalty; community service.

  §187A-13 General penalty; community service. (a) Any person violating this chapter or any rule adopted thereunder for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and, in addition to any other penalties, shall be fined not less than:  (1) $250 for a first offense;  (2) $500 for a second offense; and  (3) $1,000 for a third or subsequent offense.  (b) The court may require the defendant to complete an aquatic resources educational class administered by the department in addition to or in lieu of paying all or any part of any monetary fine authorized by this section.  (c) The court may direct the defendant to perform community service as administered by the department in lieu of paying any monetary fine authorized by this section. [L 1985, c 94, pt of §1; am L 1999, c 195, §3; am L 2016, c 67, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 187A-14 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 12. Conservation and Resources|187A. Aquatic Resources|187A-14 Informer's fee.

  §187A-14 Informer's fee. One-half of the fine imposed and collected in all cases wherein the defendant has been convicted for a violation of subtitle 5 of title 12 or any rule adopted thereunder shall be paid to the person giving the information leading to the arrest of the person so convicted; provided that this section shall not apply if the informer is a regular salaried sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, warden or constable, or officer or agent of the department. [L 1985, c 94, pt of §1; am L 1989, c 211, §10; am L 1990, c 281, §11; am L 1999, c 195, §4]