Report Title:
Small boat harbors; mooring; insurance
Description:
Requires vessels over two tons in weight or 40 feet in length to obtain maritime insurance prior to being allowed to moor at state small boat harbors.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
3020 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
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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:
SECTION 1. Section 200-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) [In order to] To obtain a permit or a permit renewal, the owner of a vessel shall provide, at the owner's own expense:
(1) A marine surveyor's inspection no more than two years old, certifying that the surveyor has inspected the vessel and considers it to fulfill the requirements set by the department; [and]
(2) Documentation that the person is the owner of the vessel. [The documentation shall meet requirements established by the department.]; and
(3) In the case of vessels over forty feet in length or weighing over two tons, documentation that the vessel is covered under a marine insurance policy in an amount sufficient for the recovery or disposal of the vessel in the event it sinks or goes aground in near-shore Hawaiian waters; provided that until January 31, 2012, this paragraph shall apply only to vessels moored in Ala Wai, Maalea, Nawiliwili, and Honokohau harbors.
Any documentation under this section shall meet
requirements established by the department."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on February 1, 2007.
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