HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1083

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO IMPOUNDED VESSELS.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 200-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  An unauthorized vessel may be impounded by the department at the sole [cost and] risk of the owner of the vessel, if the vessel is not removed after the seventy-two-hour period or if during that period the vessel is removed and remoored in the harbor or mooring or anchorage area or any other state harbor or mooring or anchorage area without a use permit.  The owner of the vessel shall be solely responsible for all costs of the impoundment and the disposal of the vessel.  Any proceeds resulting from the impoundment of the unauthorized vessel shall be used first to pay the costs of impoundment and disposal and then to pay any mooring fees due.  If the proceeds resulting from the impoundment are inadequate to pay for all costs and mooring fees due, the owner of the vessel shall remain liable for the outstanding costs and mooring fees."
     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.



 

Report Title:

Impounded Vessels; State Small Boat Harbors

 

Description:

Clarifies that all costs and expenses associated with the disposal of an impounded unauthorized vessel by the Department of Land and Natural Resources shall be borne by the vessel owner.  (HB1083 HD1)

 

 

 

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