HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2484
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to historic preservation.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 6E-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  It shall be a civil and administrative violation for any person to [knowingly]:

(1) Knowingly take, appropriate, excavate, injure, destroy, or alter any burial site, or the contents thereof, located on private lands or lands owned or controlled by the State or any of its political subdivisions, except as permitted by the department[, to knowingly];

(2) Knowingly fail to re-inter human remains discovered on the lands in a reasonable period of time as determined by the department[, or knowingly];

(3) Knowingly take, appropriate, excavate, injure, destroy, or alter any heiau located on private lands, except as permitted by the department; or

(4) Knowingly violate the conditions set forth in an approved mitigation plan that includes monitoring and preservation plans."

     SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Destruction of Heiau; Fines

Description:

Establishes fines for the knowing destruction of heiau on private lands.

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