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This bill clarifies existing laws in Hawaii that prohibit the mining or taking of sand and other beach or marine deposits seaward from the shoreline and from the shoreline area, respectively. Specifically, it amends sections 171-58.5 and 205A-44 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to explicitly state that the term "person" responsible for violations includes both licensed and unlicensed contractors, addressing a loophole where landowners have hired contractors to illegally remove sand from public beaches. The bill aims to provide the Department of Land and Natural Resources with clearer authority to hold all individuals and entities, including contractors, accountable for such actions, while maintaining existing exceptions for inadvertent taking, shoreline protection, drainage clearing, and traditional cultural practices.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Justice

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3032&year=2026