HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0283.004 2024-2026HEATHER L. KIMBALL
Council District I (North Hilo,
Hdmakua, and portion of Waimea)
Phone: (808) 961-8828
Fax: (808) 961-8912
Email: Heather. Kimba9@hawaiicountv.gov
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DATE: July 18, 2025
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TO: Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair
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FROM: Heather L. Kimball, Council Member
District 1
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 51, Draft 2; An Ordinance Amending
Chapter 4, Article 3, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as
Amended), Relating to Animals.
Transmitted herewith are proposed amendments to Bill No. 51, Draft 2. The proposed
amendments are shown below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 51,
Draft 2; material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken, and material to be added is underscored.
SECTION 1 of Bill No. 51, Draft 2, which amends chapter 4, article 3, of the Hawaii County
Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), 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 property owned,
leased, rented, managed, or operated by the County[.] unless the person is a
certified community cat caretaker who is authorized by the animal control and
protection agent through hrough an annual contract for a community cat management
program to feed and care for stray and feral cats at designated locations and times,
as determined by the animal control and protection administrator.
(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:
"Certified community cat caretaker" means an individual who has:
Completed County -approved standardized training courses in colony
care best practices in feeding_strgy and feral cats environmental and
public health imnpact mitigation trap -neuter -vaccinate -return -manage
procedures and recordkeeping and reporting requirements,
Signed a written agreement with the County to comply with the
provisions of this section; and
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Received a certified community cat caretaker identification card and
number from the animal control and protection administrator.
"Feed" means to deliberately introduce any food material, substance, or
attractant directly to or in the vicinity of an animal.
"Feral" means undomesticated or living in a wild and unconfined state.
(d) Nothing in this section prohibits, restricts, or limits the ability of the County or of a
person authorized or contracted by the County to trap, remove, impound, or seize an
animal or to undertake any other power or duty under this chapter of the Hawaii
Revised Statutes, chapters 142 or 143."
Due to the limited scope of these proposed amendments, a copy of the new draft of this bill that
would result if these amendments were adopted is not attached.
Thank you.
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