Boating program; payment of costs
HRS §200-8
in effect200-8. Boating program; payment of costs
The cost of administering a comprehensive statewide boating program, including but not limited to the cost of:
(1) Operating, maintaining, and managing all boating
facilities under the control of the department;
(2) Improving boating safety;
(3) Operating a vessel registration and boating
casualty investigation and reporting system;
(4) Other boating program activities; and
(5) Planning,
developing, managing, operating, or maintaining of all lands and improvements
under the control and management of the board, including but not limited to
permanent or temporary staff positions who may be appointed without regard to
chapter 76,
shall be paid from the boating
special fund; provided that any fees collected within small boat harbors shall
be expended only for costs related to the operation, upkeep, maintenance, and
improvement of the small boat harbors. The amortization (principal and
interest) of the costs of capital improvements for boating facilities
appropriated after July 1,
1975, including but not limited to berths, slips, ramps, related
accommodations, general navigation channels, breakwaters, aids to navigation,
and other harbor structures, may be paid from the boating special fund or from
general revenues as the legislature may authorize in each situation. Revenues
provided in this chapter for the boating special fund shall be at least
sufficient to pay the special fund costs established in this section.
[L 1991,
c 272, pt of §2; am L 2011, c 197, §5; am L 2015, c 96, §2]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0200/HRS_0200-0008.htmFetched: 11/10/2026