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COUNTY OF HAWAI`I STATE OF HAWAI`I
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BILL NO. 51
ORDINANCE NO. (DRAFT 4)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 3, OF THE HAWAFI 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 Derson may not feed or attempt to feed a strav or feral animal on Drone
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 an s�quent
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 County to 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.
Hilo , Hawai`i
Date of Introduction: July 23, 2025
Date of 1 st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 283.294
July 23, 2025
August 6, 2025
January 1, 2026
INTRODUCED BY:
2
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
Introduced By:
Date Introduced:
First Reading:
Published:
REMARKS. -
Matt Kaneali' i-Kleinfelder
July 23, 2025
July 23, 2025
August 1, 2025
Second Reading:
To Mayor:
Returned:
Effective:
Published:
REMARKS:
August 6, 2025
August 21, 2025
September 4, 2025
January 1, 2026
September 19, 2025
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ROLL CALL VOTE
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NOES
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Galimba
X
Hustace
X
Inaba
X
Kagiwada
X
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder
X
Kierkiewicz
X
Kimball
X
Onishi
X
Villegas
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2
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(Draft 4)
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
Galimba
X
Hustace
X
Inaba
X
Kagiwada
X
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder
X
Kierkiewicz
X
Kimball
X
Onishi
X
Villegas
X
6
2
1
0
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council published as
indicated above.
Approved/Disapproved this.
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MAYOR, COUNTY OF HA WAN
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COUNCIL CHAIRPERSO
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CO UNTY CLERK
Bill No.: 51 (Draft 4)
C-283.294/PCHSW-3
Reference:
Ord No.: 25 G a