Bill Text: HI SB89 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Marine Management Areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-03-16 - The committee(s) on WAL recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [SB89 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-SB89-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MARINE MANAGEMENT AREAS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 190-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§190-3 Rules. (a)
The department of land and natural resources pursuant to chapter 91,
shall adopt rules governing the taking or conservation of fish, crustacean,
mollusk, live coral, algae, or other marine life as it determines will further
the state policy of conserving, supplementing, and increasing the
State's marine resources. The rules may
prohibit activities that may disturb, degrade, or alter the marine environment[,];
establish open and closed seasons[,]; designate areas in which
all or any one or more of certain species of fish or marine life may not be
taken[,]; prescribe and limit the methods of fishing, including
the type and mesh and other description of nets, traps, and appliances[,];
and otherwise regulate the fishing and taking of marine life either generally
throughout the State or in specified districts or areas. The rules shall upon taking effect supersede
any state laws inconsistent therewith.
(b) The department of land and natural resources shall comply with the requirements of subsection (a) when designating marine management areas."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3.
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Marine Management Areas; Department of Land and Natural Resources
Description:
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to comply with Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, when designating marine management areas. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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