2020 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 12. Conservation and Resources
195D. Conservation of Aquatic Life, Wildlife, and Land Plants


Note

Chapter heading amended by L 1983, c 111, 1.

Department of transportation's bridge rehabilitation and replacement program; temporary exemption from certain construction requirements of this chapter through June 30, 2022 or until completion. L 2012, c 218; L 2017, c 48.

Cross References

Environmental courts, jurisdiction over proceedings arising under this chapter, see 604A-2.

Attorney General Opinions

Threatened and endangered plants are protected on Hawaiian home lands under the provisions of this chapter, as well as under the provisions of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, to the same extent that the plants are protected elsewhere in Hawaii. Anyone who "takes" threatened or endangered plants on Hawaiian home lands is subject to state and federal civil and criminal penalties. Att. Gen. Op. 95-5.

Case Notes

Chapter does not provide basis for private right of action to stop building of highway. 538 F. Supp. 149.

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