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Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 200-1

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Beaches encumbered with easements in favor of the public” means any lands which lie along the shores of the State which are now, or may hereafter be, encumbered by easements granted in favor of the public for bathing, swimming, or other similar or related purposes and for foot passage.

“Board” means the board of land and natural resources.

“Chairperson” means the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources.

“Department” means the department of land and natural resources.

“Ocean waters” means all waters seaward of the shoreline within the jurisdiction of the State.

“Sailing school vessel” means a vessel:

(1) Less than five hundred gross tons, carrying six or more individuals who are sailing school students or sailing school instructors principally equipped for propulsion by sail even if the vessel has an auxiliary means of propulsion;

(2) Owned or leased by a corporation, association, organization, or other duly chartered entity determined under the Internal Revenue Code to be exempt from the federal income tax and operated for the purpose of providing sailing instruction and therapeutic, educational, recreational, vocational, or family counseling services to emotionally disturbed youth or to youth sentenced by the family court to a rehabilitative sailing program and their families; and

(3) That is in compliance with title 46 Code of Federal Regulations part 169.

“Shoreline” means the upper reaches of the wash of the waves, usually evidenced by the edge of vegetation growth or by the upper limit of debris left by the wash of the waves.

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