Title 11, Agriculture And Animals

§150A-6.4 Permit and other import document issuance; requirements. Except as otherwise provided in this part, all permits, letters of authorization, or registrations referenced in sections 150A-6 through 150A-6.3 shall be issued pursuant to rules. Any violation of conditions list…

§150A-6.5 Animals; prohibition against possession, etc.; exception. No person shall possess, propagate, sell, transfer, or harbor any animal included on the list of prohibited animals maintained by the board, except upon a determination that the species: (1) Was initially permitt…

§150A-6.6 Import lists amendment. Without regard to the notice and public hearing requirements of chapter 91, the board may adopt rules to make additions to or deletions from the lists required to be maintained in sections 150A-6.1 through 150A-6.3; provided that the board shall …

[§150A-6.8] Firewood; heat-treatment; requirements; exemptions. (a) No firewood shall be imported into the State unless: (1) The firewood has been certified by an appropriate federal or state agency as heat-treated and labeled in accordance with subsection (b); or (2) The importa…

[§150A-60] Biosecurity emergency. [Section effective January 1, 2028.] (a) The department, with the approval of the governor, may declare a biosecurity emergency if: (1) There has been in the State an outbreak or occurrence of a pest or prohibited or restricted organism that has …

§150A-7 Disposition. (a) It is a violation of sections 150A-5 and 150A-6 to bring into the State contrary to those sections any plant, plant product, animal, microorganism, or any article infested with pests or contaminated with soil and the same shall be refused admittance and m…

§150A-7.5 User fees. Fees may be assessed for the processing and issuance of permits issued by the department under this part, for inspections related to permit conditions, and for the registration of microbial products containing certain strains of microorganisms, as established…

[§150A-7.6] Processing fees for importation and possession requests. (a) There is imposed a fee for the processing of requests for the importation or possession of plants, animals, or soil that require a permit, or for the importation or possession of microorganisms that require …

§150A-8 Transporting in State. (a) Flora and fauna specified by rules and regulations of the department shall not be moved from one island to another island within the State or from one locality to another on the same island except by a permit issued by the department. (b) The mo…

[§150A-9] Rules and regulations. The department shall have the authority to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this chapter by rules and regulations. [L 1973, c 69, pt of §1]

§150A-9.5 Interim rules. (a) The department shall have the power, subject to the provisions of this section, to establish, implement, and enforce interim rules governing the transporting of flora and fauna into and within the State. Such rules shall not be subject to chapter 91. …

§152-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, unless otherwise required by context: "Control noxious weed" means to limit the spread of a specific noxious weed and to reduce its density to a degree where its injurious, harmful, or deleterious effect is reduced to a tolerab…

§152-2 Rules. Subject to chapter 91, the department may make rules to effectuate this chapter, including but not limited to the following: (1) Establishment of criteria and procedures for the designation of plant species as noxious weeds for the purposes of this chapter; (2) Esta…

§152-3 Prohibited acts. It shall be unlawful to introduce or to transport specific noxious weeds or their seeds or vegetative reproductive parts into any area designated pursuant to section 152-5 as free or reasonably free of those noxious weeds; provided that the introduction or…

§152-4 Designation of noxious weed. The department may designate certain plant species as noxious weeds following the criteria and procedures established under section 152-2(1). The department shall publish and make available a list of noxious weeds to interested persons. [L 1975…

§152-5 Designation of areas declared free or reasonably free of noxious weeds. The department may declare the entire State, an island, or a section of an island as free or reasonably free of a specific noxious weed. The department shall take necessary measures to restrict the int…

§152-6 Duties of the department; noxious weed control and eradication. (a) The department shall maintain a constant vigilance for incipient infestations of specific noxious weeds on islands declared reasonably free from those weeds, and shall use those procedures and methods to c…

PART I. AGRICULTURAL LOAN PROGRAM §155-1 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter: "Biosecurity" means a system that serves to protect the health of livestock, poultry, and humans from diseases, pests, and pathogens and measures that prevent disease causing agents from entering…

§155-10 General eligibility requirements for loans. To be eligible for loans under this chapter, an applicant shall be: (1) A qualified farmer, a person under the new farmer program, or a part-time farmer; (2) A citizen of the United States who has resided in the State for at lea…

§155-11 Security for loans; mortgages. (a) Loans made under this chapter may be secured by duly recorded first mortgages upon the following property within the State: (1) Fee simple land; (2) Leaseholds of land where the lease has an unexpired term at least two years longer than …

§155-12 Conditions. Every borrower who is granted a loan under this chapter shall comply with the following conditions: (1) Expend no portion of the borrower's loan for purposes other than those sanctioned by the department of agriculture and biosecurity; (2) Carry out recommende…

§155-13 Repayment; refinancing. (a) Loans made under this chapter shall be repaid in accordance with a payment plan specified by the lender, with payments applied first to interest and then to principal. (b) Additional payments in any sums, or the payment of the entire principal,…

§155-14 Funds; application of payments. (a) There is created a special fund to be known as the agricultural loan revolving fund, from which moneys shall be loaned by the department of agriculture and biosecurity under this chapter. The department, by its board of agriculture and …

§155-2 Objectives. One of the objectives of the department of agriculture and biosecurity shall be to promote the agricultural development of the State by stimulating, facilitating, and granting loans to qualified farmers and food manufacturers. The department shall encourage the…

§155-3 Restriction. Loans authorized by this chapter shall require one credit denial. This requirement shall be waived for new farmer loans for $100,000 or less for farm trainees and recent college graduates with a degree in agriculture. This requirement may also be waived by the…

Part II. water infrastructure loans §155-31 Definitions. As used in this part: "Department" means the department of agriculture and biosecurity. "Water infrastructure charge" means the on-bill charges for the use and services of the loan program, including the repayment of loans …

§155-32 Hawaii water infrastructure loan program. There is established a Hawaii water infrastructure loan program, which shall be a loan program as defined under section 39-51. The program shall be administered by the department in a manner consistent with chapter 39, part III. T…

§155-33 Powers of the department. The department shall have the following powers: (1) Make loans and expend funds to finance the purchase or installation of water infrastructure equipment for dams, reservoirs, hydroelectric pumping, storm water reclamation, ditch maintenance, spi…

§155-4 Powers and duties of the department. The department of agriculture and biosecurity shall have the following powers: (1) Employ a secretary, who may be exempt from chapter 76, and other full-time and part-time employees, subject to chapter 76, as are necessary to effectuate…

§155-5 Loans insured by the department. (a) The department of agriculture and biosecurity may insure up to ninety per cent of the principal balance of a loan, plus interest due thereon, made to a qualified farmer, qualified new farmer, or qualified food manufacturer by a private …

§155-5.5 Loans guaranteed by the department. (a) The department of agriculture and biosecurity may guarantee up to ninety per cent of the principal balance of a loan, plus interest due thereon, made to a qualified farmer, qualified food manufacturer, or cooperative by a private l…

§155-5.6 Loan guaranty; important agricultural lands; agricultural and aquacultural loans. (a) From July 1, 2009, the chairperson of the board of agriculture and biosecurity may guarantee loans made by commercial lenders authorized to do business in this State, to agricultural pr…

§155-6 Participation in loans by the department. (a) The department of agriculture and biosecurity may provide funds for a share, not to exceed ninety per cent, of the principal amount of a loan made to a qualified farmer, qualified new farmer, or qualified food manufacturer by a…

§155-6.5 Cooperation in loans by the department. (a) The department of agriculture and biosecurity, for a fee, may underwrite and service loans for cooperating private lenders and government loan programs providing loan funds to qualified farmers and qualified food manufacturers.…

§155-8 Direct loans. (a) The department of agriculture and biosecurity may make loans directly to qualified farmers, qualified new farmers, or qualified food manufacturers who are unable to obtain sufficient funds at reasonable rates from private lenders either independently or u…

§155-9 Classes of loans; purposes; terms; eligibility. (a) Loans made under this chapter shall be for the purposes and in accordance with the terms specified in classes "A" through "K" in this section and shall be made only to applicants who meet the eligibility requirements spec…

§155D-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Administrative costs" means costs associated with reviewing, approving, and recording expenditures and completing any reporting requirements associated with the grant program. "Department" means the department of agriculture and bios…

§155D-2 Grants; qualified producer. (a) Applications for grants by qualified producers shall be submitted on a form furnished by the department and shall be filed with accompanying documentation of animal feed costs; provided that: (1) The applicant shall comply with applicable f…

[§155D-2.5] Grants; qualified feed developer. (a) Applications for grants submitted by qualified feed developers shall be submitted on a form furnished by the department and shall be filed with accompanying documentation of feed development costs; provided that: (1) The applicant…

[§155D-3] Exemption from chapter 42F. Chapter 42F shall not apply to the grants made pursuant to this chapter, but all reimbursements shall be made only in accordance with the standards and conditions specified in section 155D-2. [L 2007, c 221, pt of §2]

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS §157-1 Definitions. "Board" means the board of agriculture and biosecurity, department of agriculture and biosecurity. "Buttermilk" or "cultured buttermilk" means a fluid product resulting from the souring or treatment, by means of a lactic acid or othe…

§157-13 General powers. The department of agriculture and biosecurity through its board is hereby vested with the following powers: (1) To regulate and supervise in a milk shed the production, transportation, processing, storage, distribution, and delivery of milk, the establishm…

§157-14 Inspection and investigation. For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, including but not limited to the provisions on licensing, setting of minimum prices and quotas, the board of agriculture and biosecurity or any of its authorized employees may enter at all reasonable…

§157-15 Audit of books and accounts. The board of agriculture and biosecurity may examine and audit the books and accounts of licensed producers, producer-distributors, and distributors for the purpose of determining how payments to producers and producer-distributors are compute…

§157-17 Accounting of licensees. Every producer-distributor, distributor, and agricultural cooperative subject to license or regulation under this chapter, in making payments to producers for milk sold or delivered to such producer-distributor, distributor or cooperative, shall c…

§157-18 Report to governor. At the end of each license year, the board of agriculture and biosecurity shall submit to the governor a report relating to the activities of the milk control program. [L 1967, c 260, §11; HRS §157-18; am L 1986, c 61, §2; am L 2025, c 236, §18]