HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2528
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO AQUATIC LIFE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 195D-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Any person who violates any [of the provisions] provision of this chapter [[]or[] the provisions of] any rule adopted hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as follows:

(1) For a first offense by a fine of not less than $250 or by imprisonment of not more than one year, or both; and

(2) For a second or subsequent offense within five years of a previous conviction by a fine of not less than $500 or by imprisonment of not more than one year, or both[.];

provided that if the violation involved the taking of aquatic life protected by this chapter, and the form of the taking was the harassment of the aquatic life, the person shall be imprisoned for no fewer than forty-eight hours for the violation."

SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Conservation; Aquatic Animals; Harassment; Imprisonment

Description:

Provides that a person who violates aquatic life conservation law in a manner that harasses aquatic life, if convicted, shall be imprisoned for no fewer than 48 hours for the violation.

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