HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0283.290 2024-2026Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder
District 5
Upper Puna, portion of Kea `au
Phone: (808) 961-8263
Fax: (808) 961-8912
matt. kanealii-kleinfelder@hawaiicounty.gov
HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL
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DATE: August 6, 2025
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TO: Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair
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Members of the Hawaii County Council _
FROM: W Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, District 5
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Bill No. 51, Draft 3; An Ordinance Amending Chapter
4, Article 3, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, As Amended),
Relating to Animals.
Transmitted herewith is a proposed amendment to Bill No. 51, Draft 3. The amendment is shown
below in Ramseyer format with respect to the content of Bill No. 51, Draft 3; material to be
deleted is bracketed and stricken and material to be added is underscored.
SECTION 1 of Bill No. 51, Draft 3, which amends chapter 4, article 3, of the Hawaii County
Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) by adding a section, 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 per -son is
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(b) Any person convicted of a violation of this section is subject to aJlfine not more
than $50 for the first violation and not more than $500 for any subsequent
violation.
(c) For the purposes of this section:
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s of this seetion; and
"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] or
the Hawaii Revised Statutes, chapters 142 or 143."
Due to the limited scope of this amendment, a copy of the new draft of this bill that would result if
this proposed amendment were adopted is not attached.