HRS §199D-2
When this law applies to natural resource violations
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that the department can use this law to handle natural resource violations with administrative fines. All divisions of the department can use this process. It applies even if other laws say something different.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Applicability
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all natural resource infractions that the department identifies as subject to administrative penalties may be adjudicated pursuant to this chapter. This chapter may be applied by all of the divisions of the department.
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