HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1809 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to ocean RECREATION COMMERCIAL permits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 200-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending subsection (d) to read:
"(d) The department shall not renew or issue a
permit to a person who is not the owner of the vessel [which] that
is moored or [which] that the person desires to moor in a state
small boat harbor. No use permit may be
transferred unless specifically provided by law. Any individual who is an owner of a vessel
used for commercial purposes, including commercial fishing as a principal means
of livelihood, and possesses a valid mooring permit or commercial permit, or
both, in accordance with the rules adopted by the chairperson pursuant to
chapter 91, may transfer ownership of the vessel from personal ownership to
corporate or other business ownership without terminating the right to moor or
operate the vessel under the permit or permits.
The existing permit or permits shall be reissued in the name of the
transferee corporation or other business entity. The department may designate moorage space
within state small boat harbors to accommodate commercial fishing vessels and transient
vessels."
2. By amending subsection (g) to read:
"(g) [The department may designate moorage
space within state small boat harbors to accommodate commercial fishing vessels
and transient vessels.] For any ocean
recreation management area established after July 1, 2024, the number of commercial
use permits applicable to the area shall be the same as or greater than the
number of commercial operators holding commercial use permits for the area before
the establishment of the ocean recreation management area; provided that the
department shall not be required to reissue any commercial use permit that has
been terminated under this chapter."
SECTION 2. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Ocean Recreation Commercial Permits; Department of Land and Natural Resources
Description:
Requires
that any newly established ocean recreation management area include the same or
greater number of commercial use permits as the number of permits applicable to
the area before the establishment of the ocean recreation management area.
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