HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 051 Draft 04 2024-2026 MYY OF N,Y
COUNTY OF HAWAI`I STATE OF HAWAI`I
BILL NO. 51
(DRAFT 4)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4,ARTICLE 3, OF THE HAWAI`I COUNTY
CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED),RELATING TO ANIMALS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4, article 3, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as
amended) is amended by adding a section to be appropriately inserted and 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.
(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:
"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 Count ty o trap, remove, impound, or
seize an animal or to undertake an other or duty under this chapter or the
Hawaii Revised Statutes, chapters 142 or 143."
SECTION 2. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring
need not be included.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2026,
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAPI
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 283.294
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