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HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL - DISTRICT 2
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Date: July 8, 2025
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To: Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Chairperson
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
From: �i( Jennifer Kagiwada, Council Member '
Council District 2, South Hilo
Re: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 51; an Ordinance Amending Chapter 4, Article 3,
of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended), Relating to Animals.
Please see below proposed amendments to Bill No 51. The proposed amendments are illustrated
below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 51; material to be deleted is
bracketed and stricken, and material to be added is underscored.
1. SECTION 1 of Bill No. 51 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 4-3- . Feeding prohibited.
(a) A person may not feed or attempt to feed a stray or feral animal on properly owned
by the County[..], unless feeding is part of an animal management program which
has been authorized by the County.
(b) Any person convicted of a violation of this section is subject to a fine not more
than$50 for the first violation and not more than $500 for any subsequent
violation.
(c) For the purposes of this section, "feral" means undomesticated or living in a wild
and unconfined state."
2. SECTION 4 of Bill No. 51 is amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect [upan its appfaval ] on
January 1, 2026."
Due to the limited scope of these amendments, a copy of the new draft of this bill that would
result if these proposed amendments were adopted is not attached.
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