HB845

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	845
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO SHARK FEEDING.

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

SECTION 1. Section 188-40.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By amending subsection (a) to read:

"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), or as otherwise provided by law, it shall be unlawful for any person to conduct any commercial activity anywhere in the State or in state waters related to the feeding of sharks for in state marine waters."

2. By amending subsection (e) to read:

"(e) As used in this section:

"Commercial activity" means to engage in any action or to attempt to engage in any action for compensation in any form. The action or actions may include, but are not limited to, soliciting, advertising, providing, or attempting to provide, guide services, charters, tours, and transportation to and from the location or locations for which such services are provided.

"Compensation" means money, barter, trade, credit, and other instruments of value, goods, and other forms of payment.

"Feeding" means the introduction of or an attempt to introduce any food or other substance into the water to attract marine life for any purpose other than to take the marine life."

SECTION 2. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the Act, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.

SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.

SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.

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