Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subtitle 11 - OCEAN RECREATION AND COASTAL AREAS
Part 2 - BOATING
Chapter 244 - RULES OF THE ROAD; LOCAL AND SPECIAL RULES
Section 13-244-22 - Interstate boat compacts; reciprocal agreement and courtesy
Current through February, 2024
(a) Declaration of policy.
(b) Declaration of extent of reciprocity. In the absence of any agreement or arrangement with another jurisdiction, the chairperson, board of land and natural resources, may examine the laws and requirements of the jurisdiction and declare the extent or recovery of vessels required to be registered and numbered pursuant to section 200-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and nature of exemptions, benefits and privileges to be extended to vessels properly numbered or equipped in the other jurisdictions, as to the owners of the vessels, which shall in the judgment of the chairperson be in the best interest of the State and the citizens thereof, and which shall be fair and equitable to the State and the citizens thereof, and all of the same shall be determined on the basis and recognition of the benefits which accrue to the economy of the State from the uninterrupted flow of commerce; provided that all the vessels shall comply with the minimum equipment requirements of the Coast Guard.
(c) Suspension of reciprocity agreements. Agreements, arrangements or declarations made under the authority of this section may include provisions authorizing the chairperson to suspend or cancel the exemption, benefits or privileges granted thereunder to a person who violates any of the conditions or terms of the agreements, arrangements or declarations or who violates the laws of the State relating to vessels or rules lawfully adopted thereunder.