Bill Text: HI SB2134 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Harbors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. [SB2134 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2134-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HARBORS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 266-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The department of transportation shall:
(1) Have and exercise all the powers and shall perform all the duties which may lawfully be exercised by or under the State relative to the control and management of commercial harbors, commercial harbor and waterfront improvements, ports, docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings belonging to or controlled by the State, and the shipping using the same;
(2) Have the authority to use and permit and regulate the use of the commercial docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings belonging to or controlled by the State for receiving or discharging passengers and for loading and landing merchandise, with a right to collect wharfage and demurrage thereon or therefor;
(3) Have the authority to negotiate leases for the non-maritime usage of commercial harbors, commercial harbor and waterfront improvements, ports, docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings within the designated boundaries of the Aloha Tower complex as established by section 206J-3;
[(3)] (4) Subject to all applicable provisions of
law, have the power to fix and regulate from time to time rates and charges
for:
(A) Services rendered in mooring commercial vessels;
(B) The use of commercial moorings belonging to or controlled by the State;
(C) Wharfage or demurrage;
(D) Warehouse space, office space, and storage space for freight, goods, wares and merchandise; and
(E) The use of derricks or other equipment belonging to the State or under the control of the department;
[(4)] (5) Make other charges including toll or
tonnage charges on freight passing over or across docks, wharves, piers, quays,
bulkheads, or landings;
[(5)] (6) Appoint and remove clerks, harbor agents
and their assistants, and all such other employees as may be necessary, and to
fix their compensation;
[(6)] (7) Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 and
not inconsistent with law; and
[(7)] (8) Generally have all powers necessary to
fully carry out this chapter."
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.
Report Title:
Department of Transportation; Harbors; Leases
Description:
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to negotiate leases for the non-maritime use of commercial harbors, commercial harbor and waterfront improvements, ports, docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings within the Aloha Tower complex. (SD1)
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