Bill Text: HI SB983 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Harbors; Rules
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB983 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB983-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Harbors; Rules
Description:
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to adopt rules relating to safety measures, security requirements, and shipping activities for the purpose of protecting and ensuring the general public interest and safety of persons and vessels in the commercial harbors belonging to or controlled by the State.
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THE SENATE |
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983 |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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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 266-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The director may also adopt, amend, and repeal such rules as are necessary:
(1) For the proper regulation and control of all
shipping, traffic, and other related activities in the commercial
harbors belonging to or controlled by the State[, and]; of the
entry, departure, mooring, and berthing of vessels therein[,];
and [for the regulation and control] of all other matters and things
connected with such [shipping;] activities;
(2) To establish safety measures and security requirements in or about the commercial harbors, land, and facilities belonging to or controlled by the State;
[(2)] (3) To prevent the discharge or
throwing into commercial harbors of rubbish, refuse, garbage, or other
substances likely to affect water quality or that contribute to making such
harbors unsightly, unhealthful, or unclean, or that are liable to fill up shoal
or shallow waters in, near, or affecting the commercial harbors; and
[(3)] (4) To prevent the escape of fuel
or other oils or substances into the waters in, near, or affecting commercial
harbors from any source point, including, but not limited to, any vessel or
pipes or storage tanks upon the land."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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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