2011 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 12. CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES
200. Ocean Recreation and Coastal Areas Programs
§200-3 Ocean recreation and coastal areas programs.

[§200-3] Ocean recreation and coastal areas programs. The board shall assume the following functions of the department of transportation:

(1) Managing and administering the ocean-based recreation and coastal areas programs of the State;

(2) Planning, developing, operating, administering, and maintaining small boat harbors, launching ramps, and other boating facilities and associated aids to navigation throughout the State;

(3) Developing and administering an ocean recreation management plan;

(4) Administering and operating a vessel registration system for the State;

(5) Regulating the commercial use of boating facilities;

(6) Regulating boat regattas and other ocean water events;

(7) Administering a marine casualty and investigation program;

(8) Assisting in abating air, water, and noise pollution;

(9) Conducting public education in boating safety;

(10) Administering the boating special fund;

(11) Assisting in controlling shoreline erosion;

(12) Repairing seawalls and other existing coastal protective structures under the jurisdiction of the State; and

(13) Removing nonnatural obstructions and public safety hazards from the shoreline, navigable streams, harbors, channels, and coastal areas of the State. [L 1991, c 272, pt of §2]

Law Journals and Reviews

Wiping Out the Ban on Surfboards at Point Panic. 27 UH L. Rev. 303.