Designation of pests; control or eradication of pests; emergency power
HRS §141-3
in effect141-3. Designation of pests; control or eradication of pests; emergency power
(a) The department of agriculture shall designate the coqui frog as a pest. All other pest designations shall be established by rule, including the criteria and procedures for the designation of pests for control or eradication.
(b) The department of agriculture shall, so
far as reasonably practicable, assist, free of cost to individuals, in the
control or eradication of insects, mites, diseases, noxious weeds, or other
pests injurious to the environment or vegetation of value; and in the
investigation, suppression, and eradication of contagious, infectious, and
communicable diseases among domestic animals; and shall in like manner
distribute to points where needed, beneficial insects, or pathogens and other
antidotes for the control of insects, mites, diseases, or other pests injurious
to the environment or vegetation of value, and for the control or eradication
of vegetation of a noxious character.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if the
department finds the incipient infestation of a pest that has an adverse effect
on the environment or that is injurious or deleterious or that is likely to
become injurious or deleterious to the agricultural, horticultural,
aquacultural, or livestock industries of the State without immediate action, it
may proceed without prior notice or upon a minimum of forty-eight hours notice
and hearing to adopt an emergency rule for the eradication of the pest to be
effective for a period of not longer than one hundred eighty days without
renewal.
[L 1903, c 44, §19; am L 1905, c 82, §1; RL 1925, §587; RL 1935, §177;
RL 1945, §1007; RL 1955, §18-13; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132,
§2; HRS §141-3; am L 1989, c 267, §2; am L 1992, c 72, §1; am L 2006, c 108, §1]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0141/HRS_0141-0003.htmFetched: 11/10/2026