Bill Text: HI HB769 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Special Activity Permits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [HB769 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB769-Introduced.html
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769 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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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 Any person whose permit has been revoked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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
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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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