Bill Text: HI SB2182 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Ocean Stewardship.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-25 - Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24. [SB2182 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2182-Amended.html
THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO OCEAN STEWARDSHIP.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 187A-52, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending subsection (a) to read:
"(a) All [operators of commercial vessels, water craft,
or water sports equipment that are required to have a commercial operator] persons
required to obtain a permit [pursuant to section 13-256-3(a), Hawaii
Administrative Rules,] from the department to engage in commercial
activity pursuant to sections 200-4, 200-10, 200-24, and 200-37, or any rules
adopted thereunder, shall collect an ocean stewardship user fee from each
passenger carried or customer served."
2. By amending subsection (c) to read:
"(c) All
fees collected pursuant to this section shall be transferred to the department
on a monthly basis and shall be deposited into the ocean stewardship special
fund; provided that any fees collected on or after January 1, [2029,] 2031,
shall be deposited into the general fund."
SECTION 2. Act 46, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, is amended by amending section 3 to read as follows:
"SECTION 3. Section 187A-A, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
established in section 2 of this Act to create the ocean stewardship special
fund, shall be repealed and the ocean stewardship special fund shall be
abolished on January 1, [2029,] 2031, and any remaining balance shall
lapse to the general fund."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.
Report Title:
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Ocean Stewardship User Fee; Ocean Stewardship Special Fund; Extension of Sunset Date
Description:
Amends the persons required to collect the Ocean Stewardship User Fee. Extends the sunset date of the Ocean Stewardship Special Fund to January 1, 2031. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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