Title 12, Conservation And Resources

PART III. GAME BIRDS §183D-31 Game birds, declaration by department. (a) The department may declare, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 91, any bird which has been or may be introduced into the State to be propagated for hunting purposes, to be a game bird within the meaning of …

§183D-32 Open and closed seasons and bag limits on game birds. (a) No person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly take, kill, pursue, or have in possession any bird declared as a game bird by law or by rule of the department at any time, except during an open season duly…

§183D-33 Shooting certain pigeons prohibited. No person, other than the owner thereof, shall shoot, maim, kill, or detain any Antwerp, messenger, or homing pigeon. [L 1985, c 174, pt of §4]

§183D-34 Private and commercial shooting preserve and farmer's license. (a) For the purpose of encouraging private and commercial shooting preserves, game bird farming, and the domestication and propagation of game birds, a license authorizing the licensee to engage in the busine…

§183D-35 Importation; sale of game birds. (a) Any responsible resident of good character who is a holder of the license defined in section 183D-34 may bring within the State and have the custody of, for the purpose of conducting a private and commercial shooting preserve, domesti…

§183D-36 Carcass to be tagged. Any licensee may possess, transport, or sell any game bird brought into the State or raised in captivity within the State as set forth in this section. The carcasses of the game birds may be possessed, transported, or sold at any time, if tagged as …

§183D-37 Retail dealer's license. The keeper of a hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, or club, or any retail dealer in meats, may sell carcasses or parts thereof purchased or received from a licensed game bird farm, tagged and sealed, to any patron or consumer for actual consumptio…

§183D-38 Transportation. Any common carrier, at any time, may transport game birds, if the carcasses or parts thereof are tagged or sealed, but to every coop or package containing tagged or sealed game birds, there shall be affixed an additional tag or label upon which shall be p…

§183D-39 Report by licensed private and commercial shooting preserve operator; farmer. The licensee shall make quarterly reports on the first of July, October, January, and April to the department on forms to be furnished by the department. The report shall give a correct stateme…

§183D-4 Game management areas, wildlife sanctuaries, public hunting areas. (a) For the purposes of preserving, protecting, conserving, and propagating wildlife, the department shall establish, maintain, manage, and operate game management areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and public h…

§183D-4.5 Game management advisory commission. (a) There is established within the department a game management advisory commission, which shall serve in an advisory capacity to the board. The game management advisory commission shall consist of the following nine members: (1) On…

§183D-40 Permit; authority under. After first having obtained a permit from the department, a licensee may obtain any number of game birds from any state game farm or from city park boards from another county, state, or foreign jurisdiction, or, with the consent of the department…

§183D-41 Game birds when exclusive property. Game birds maintained upon enclosed land, upon which notice has been posted that the same is a game farm or upon any land or property upon which notice has been posted that the same is a private and commercial shooting preserve, shall …

§183D-42 Inspection of private and commercial shooting preserve and game farm. Any member of the board or an authorized representative may enter, at any time, upon any private and commercial shooting preserve or game farm of a licensee for the purpose of inspection thereof, or fo…

§183D-5 Penalties. (a) Any person violating section 183D-21, 183D-25, 183D-33, or 183D-63 or any rule adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced as follows: (1) For a first conviction, by a mandatory fine of …

PART IV. GAME MAMMALS §183D-51 Game mammals defined; exception. (a) For the purposes of enforcing the wildlife laws of the State the following named mammals are hereby designated as game mammals when living in a wild or feral state not under domestication: deer (family Cervidae),…

[§183D-52] Interisland transportation and possession of wild or feral deer prohibited. No person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possess, transfer, transport, or release after transport through interisland movement any live wild or feral deer unless permitted by the…

§183D-6 Permits for taking wildlife for scientific, educational, or propagation purposes. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the department may take wildlife for scientific, educational, or propagation purposes, except as prohibited by chapter 195D. (b) Notwiths…

PART V. WILD BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE §183D-61 Permits to take wild birds, game birds, and game mammals. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions contained in this chapter, the department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91: (1) Authorizing the taking and collecting of wild birds, g…

§183D-62 Taking, injuring, or destroying wild birds prohibited. Except as provided in section 183D-61, no person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly take, catch, injure, kill, or destroy, or attempt to take, catch, injure, kill, or destroy, any wild bird, or to keep or …

§183D-63 Keeping wild birds in captivity prohibited. Except as provided in section 183D-61, no person shall keep in captivity any wild bird unless the bird was lawfully imported into the State or was bred in captivity from birds lawfully imported. [L 1985, c 174, pt of §4]

§183D-64 Transportation of wild birds from the State prohibited. No person shall transport or cause to be transported by any means any wild bird from any part of the State; provided that specimens of wild birds required for scientific or educational purposes may be exported from …

§183D-65 Posting; destruction of predators. (a) On any game management area, public hunting area, or forest reserve or other lands under the jurisdiction of the department, predators deemed harmful to wildlife by the department may be destroyed by any means deemed necessary by th…

§183D-66 Wildlife trafficking; prohibited. (a) No person shall sell, offer to sell, purchase, trade, possess with intent to sell, or barter for any part or product from the following animal family, genus, or species: elephant (Elephantidae), rhinoceros (Rhinocerotidae), tiger (Pa…

§183D-7 Expenditures. (a) The department may expend all appropriations made for the purpose of effectuating the objectives of title 12. The department may expend proceeds in the wildlife revolving fund, without appropriation or allotment as authorized under section 37-40, for the…

§183D-8 Cooperation with other governmental authorities. The department shall endeavor to secure the cooperation and assistance of and shall cooperate with the appropriate agency of the United States, or other governmental authorities having an interest in the subject matter of t…

§183D-9 Federal aid in wildlife restoration. The State assents to the provisions of the Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (50 Stat. 917, 16 U.S.C. §669), as amended. The department shall perform those acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishme…

PART I. STATE PARKS §184-1 Definitions. As used in this part, unless otherwise indicated by the context: "Department" means the department of land and natural resources. "Land", without prejudice to the generality of the term, includes upland, land under water, beaches, water, an…

§184-2 State park system. The department of land and natural resources may designate and bring under its control and management, as parts of the state park system, parks and parkways as follows: (1) Government owned land within the state forest reserves or otherwise under the jur…

PART III. NATIONAL PARKS §184-21 Acquisition and conveyance of lands for National Parks. Those provisions of various Acts of Congress authorizing the acquisition of private lands for purposes of the Hawaii National Park and City of Refuge National Historical Park by exchanges or …

§184-3 Powers of department. The department of land and natural resources, in addition to the other powers herein granted, for the purpose of performing its duties and functions may: (1) Acquire land in the name of the State or any estate, right, or interest therein or appurtenan…

[§184-3.2] Fee schedules. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board of land and natural resources may adopt, amend, or repeal administrative fee schedules, exempt from chapter 91, for all user fees, including but not limited to camping, lodging, parking, group use, a…

§184-3.4 State parks special fund. (a) There is established within the state treasury a fund to be known as the state parks special fund, into which shall be deposited all proceeds collected by the state parks programs involving park user fees, any leases or concession agreements…

[§184-3.5] Park acquisition trust fund; "acquire a park" program. (a) There is established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the park acquisition trust fund, which shall be administered by the department to acquire lands for the state park system through the condemnatio…

[PART IV.] AINA HOOMALU STATE PARKS [§184-31] Aina hoomalu state parks program established; designation of aina hoomalu sites. The department shall establish and manage a state parks interpretive program to be known as the "aina hoomalu state parks program". The aina hoomalu stat…

[§184-4.2] Registration required for rental vessels; registration number; fees. (a) Beginning January 1, 2026, no person shall rent or lease, or offer for rent or lease, a vessel to the public for transiting the navigable waters of a state park, unless the rental vessel is regist…

[§184-4.5] Smoking or use of tobacco products prohibited. (a) Within the state park system, it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in: (1) Smoking; or (2) The use of tobacco products; provided that the department may designate exclusive use areas that shall not be subject …

§184-5 Rules and enforcement; penalty. (a) The department may, subject to chapter 91, make, amend, and repeal rules having the force and effect of law, governing the use and protection of the state park system, including state monuments as established under section 6E-31, and inc…

[§184-5.1] Arrest. Except when authorized by law to immediately take a person arrested for violation of the state parks, historical objects and sites, and outdoor recreation laws and regulations; traffic laws and ordinances; and the laws of the State and the rules and regulations…

[§184-5.2] Summons or citations. There shall be a form of summons or citation for use in citing violators of the state parks, historical objects and sites, and outdoor recreation laws and regulations; traffic laws and ordinances; and the laws of the State and the rules and regula…

§184-5.3 Failure to obey summons. Any person who fails to appear at the place and within the time specified in the summons or citation issued to the person by the state park enforcement officer upon the person's arrest for violation of the state parks, historical objects and site…

[§184-5.5] General administrative penalties. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the board or its authorized representative by proper delegation may set, charge, and collect administrative fines to recover administrative fees and costs as documented by receipts or affidavits…

§184-6 Duties of department. The department of land and natural resources shall preserve the parks and parkways in the state park system in their natural condition so far as may be consistent with their use and safety, and improve them in such manner as to retain to a maximum ext…

§184-7 County contributions. Any county may donate, grant, convey, lease upon a nominal consideration or appropriate land, money or other property for the development, improvement, extension, operation, or maintenance of the state park system by the department of land and natural…

§184-8 Budget. The department of land and natural resources shall submit to the director of finance, annually, the budgetary estimates and information required by chapter 40 and shall include therein estimates of the financial requirements of the department for the operation of a…

[§185-1] Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Administrator" means the administrator of forestry and wildlife. "Board" means the board of land and natural resources. "Branch" means an area comprising a county of the State. "Department" mea…