REPORT TITLE:
Harbors 

DESCRIPTION:
Establishes definition for maritime lands.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2301
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
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:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 266-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  The department of transportation shall:
 
 4      (1)  Have and exercise all the powers and shall perform all
 
 5           the duties which may lawfully be exercised by or under
 
 6           the State relative to the control and management of
 
 7           commercial harbors, commercial harbor and waterfront
 
 8           improvements, ports, docks, wharves, piers, quays,
 
 9           bulkheads, [and] landings belonging to or controlled by
 
10           the State, and maritime land, which is any land
 
11           required for activities that are dependant on being
 
12           adjacent to water, and the shipping using the same;
 
13      (2)  Have the authority to use and permit and regulate the
 
14           use of the commercial docks, wharves, piers, quays,
 
15           bulkheads, and landings belonging to or controlled by
 
16           the State for receiving or discharging passengers and
 
17           for loading and landing merchandise, with a right to
 
18           collect wharfage and demurrage thereon or therefor;
 
19      (3)  Subject to all applicable provisions of law, have the
 

 
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 1           power to fix and regulate from time to time rates and
 
 2           charges for:
 
 3           (A)  Services rendered in mooring commercial vessels;
 
 4           (B)  The use of commercial moorings belonging to or
 
 5                controlled by the State;
 
 6           (C)  Wharfage or demurrage;
 
 7           (D)  Warehouse space, office space, and storage space
 
 8                for freight, goods, wares and merchandise; and
 
 9           (E)  The use of derricks or other equipment belonging
 
10                to the State or under the control of the
 
11                department;
 
12      (4)  Make other charges including toll or tonnage charges on
 
13           freight passing over or across docks, wharves, piers,
 
14           quays, bulkheads, or landings;
 
15      (5)  Appoint and remove clerks, harbor agents and their
 
16           assistants, and all such other employees as may be
 
17           necessary, and to fix their compensation;
 
18      (6)  Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 and not inconsistent
 
19           with law; and
 
20      (7)  Generally have all powers necessary to fully carry out
 
21           this chapter."
 
22      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
23 New statutory material is underscored. 
 

 
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 1      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 3                       INTRODUCED BY:_____________________________