§268-1.5  Private ferry or ferry system; authority to provide.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the department, in lieu of establishing the Hawaii State Ferries, an interisland or intraisland ferry or ferry system operated and maintained by the State under the provisions of the chapter, may enter into a contract, lease, or other agreement with any person to provide for a privately operated ferry or ferry system; provided that no contract, lease, or other agreement shall be made except under contract let after public advertisement for sealed tenders, subject to the provisions under chapter 103D. [L 1988, c 232, §2; am L Sp 1993, c 8, §54]