Bill Text: HI SB2850 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grounded Vessels; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Salvage

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-24 - (S) Act 057, 4/23/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157). [SB2850 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2850-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2850
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO GROUNDED VESSELS.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 200-47.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Solely for the purposes of removal and with no liability to the department, the department may assume control of any vessel that:

     (1)  Is grounded on a coral reef or in imminent danger of breaking up; and

     (2)  Cannot be immediately removed by the owner within [seventy-two] twenty-four hours in a manner that is reasonably safe, as determined by the department.

Once the department assumes control over the vessel, the vessel shall be removed by conventional salvage methods to minimize damage to the natural resources and not become a hazard to navigation.  All costs and expenses of removing the vessel and damage to state or private property shall be the sole responsibility of the vessel's owner or operator.  This section shall apply whether the vessel is attended or deemed derelict under section 200-48."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

 

 

Report Title:

Grounded Vessels

 

Description:

Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to assume control of and remove a vessel grounded on a coral reef or in imminent danger of breaking up if the vessel cannot be removed by the owner within twenty-four hours of the grounding.

 

 

 

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