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Chapter 150A

57 sections

§150A-2 Definitions for Hawaii's agriculture and biosecurity law

§150A-3 Board can assign its duties to staff

§150A-4 This law does not change other departments' duties

§150A-4.5 State fund for pest inspection and quarantine

§150A-5 Rules for bringing plants, animals, and other items into Hawaii

§150A-5.3 Fee for inspecting freight brought into Hawaii

§150A-5.4 Failure to pay or remit the inspection, quarantine, and eradication service fee; fines

§150A-5.5 What counts as bringing something into Hawaii

§150A-5.6 When the state can block animal imports

§150A-6 What items are banned from being brought into Hawaii

§150A-6.1 Plant import

§150A-6.2 Rules for bringing animals into Hawaii

§150A-6.3 Rules for bringing microorganisms into Hawaii

§150A-6.4 Rules for issuing import permits and documents

§150A-6.5 When you can keep a banned animal

§150A-6.6 How the board can update import lists

§150A-6.8 Rules for bringing firewood into Hawaii

§150A-7 What happens to illegal plants, animals, or pests brought into Hawaii

§150A-7.5 Fees for permits and inspections

§150A-7.6 Fees for Import and Possession Permits

§150A-8 Moving plants and animals between islands

§150A-9 Department's power to make rules

§150A-9.5 Temporary rules for moving plants and animals in an emergency

§150A-10 Advisory committee on plants and animals

§150A-11 Inspectors' powers to enforce the law

§150A-11.2 Enforcing federal plant and pest quarantines in Hawaii

§150A-11.5 Entering private property to enforce animal rules

§150A-12 How citations and summonses are made and given

§150A-13 Swearing to a complaint about a violation

§150A-14 Penalties for breaking plant and animal rules

§150A-15 What happens if you ignore a quarantine summons

§150A-16 Moving items through transitional facilities

§150A-16.1 Rules for transitional storage facilities

§150A-16.2 License needed to run a transitional facility

§150A-16.3 Certifying biosecurity compliance auditors and their training

§150A-16.4 What a certified biosecurity auditor can and cannot certify

§150A-21 Certifying shipments for pests

§150A-22 Who pays for required nursery stock treatment

§150A-23 Rules for nursery stock shipping certificates

§150A-31 Certifying honey bee shipments for health

§150A-41 Getting a certificate to import microorganisms for science or medicine

§150A-42 Certificate for Importers

§150A-43 When the department can suspend or revoke a certificate

§150A-44 Immediate suspension of an importer's certificate

§150A-45 Emergency actions for dangerous imported microorganisms

§150A-46 Rules for import certificates and inspections

§150A-47 Penalties for certified importers

§150A-51 State biosecurity program setup

§150A-52 Goals of the biosecurity program

§150A-53 How the state plans to protect Hawaii from pests

§150A-54 How the state pays for pest control programs

§150A-55 Seeking outside money for biosecurity

§150A-56 Biosecurity program budget schedule

§150A-57 Annual biosecurity report to the legislature

§150A-58 Government-industry agreements for readiness and response

§150A-59 How to propose a biosecurity or pest management plan

§150A-60 How the state can declare a biosecurity emergency and take property