Bill Text: HI SB94 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Special Activity Permits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB94 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB94-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 SPECIAL ACTIVITY PERMITS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 187A-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the department may
issue permits, not longer than one year in duration, to any person to take
aquatic life[,]; possess or use fishing gear[,]; or
engage in any feeding, watching, or other such non-consumptive activity related
to aquatic resources, otherwise prohibited by law, in any part of the State,
for scientific, educational, management, or propagation purposes, subject to
chapter 195D and subject to those restrictions the department deems desirable[.];
provided that the department shall approve or deny an application for the
permit within ninety days from the date that the application was submitted. The department may revoke any permit for any
infraction of the terms and conditions of the permit. Any person whose permit has been revoked
shall not be eligible to apply for another permit until the expiration of one
year from the date of revocation."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the establishment of two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions within the division of aquatic resources to support the special activity permit review process.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2050.
Report Title:
Special Activity Permit; Aquatic Research; Appropriation
Description:
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to approve or deny an application for a special activity permit for aquatic research within ninety days from the date that it was submitted. Appropriates an unspecified amount of funds for the establishment of two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions within the Division of Aquatic Resources to support the special activity permit review process. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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