HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	769
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to special activity permits.

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

SECTION 1. Section 187A-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(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[.]; provided that the department shall approve or deny an application for the permit within ninety days from the date that the application was submitted. 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 Any person whose permit has been revoked shall not be eligible to apply for another permit until the expiration of one year from the date of revocation."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Special Activity Permit; Aquatic Research

Description:

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to approve or deny an application for a special activity permit for aquatic research within ninety days from the date that it was submitted.

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