Haw. Code R. § 4-29-7 - Transiting private and commercial vessel responsibility
(a) Dogs, cats, and other carnivores aboard a
transiting private or commercial vessel in Hawaiian waters may be permitted by
an inspector to remain on board no longer than forty-eight hours after the
vessel is first anchored, moored, or docked in the Hawaiian Islands except that
animals subject to quarantine may be allowed to remain on board for up to ten
days when the requirements of section
4-29-7.1 are met. For purposes of this subchapter, a transiting vessel is any vessel in
Hawaiian waters whose owner, captain, or other person in charge intends that
the vessel will remain in Hawaiian waters less than ten calendar days, and
Hawaiian waters are those waters over which the State of Hawaii has
jurisdiction.
(b) The owner,
captain, or other person in charge of a transiting private or commercial vessel
subject to this section with dogs, cats, or other carnivores on board remaining
in Hawaiian waters less than forty-eight hours after the vessel is first
anchored, moored, or docked in the Hawaiian Islands shall submit a signed
statement witnessed by an inspector and attached to the shipmaster's
declaration attesting that the animals in question shall be securely confined
on board the vessel at all times during the period the vessel remains in
Hawaiian waters, and that no other dogs, cats, or other carnivores will be
allowed aboard the vessel during the time it is in Hawaii.
(c) Computation of the forty-eight-hour
period shall begin at the time the vessel first docks, anchors, or moors in the
Hawaiian Islands regardless of the number of ports to be visited.
(d) If the vessel is still in Hawaiian waters
or at a port within the State after forty-eight hours, all dogs, cats, and
other carnivores on board shall be transported to the animal quarantine
station.
(e) If the
forty-eight-hour period expires while the vessel is at sea moving from one port
to another, the state veterinarian shall be notified immediately upon arrival
at the next port of call and arrangements shall be made by the owner, captain,
or other person in charge of the vessel to transport the animal to the animal
quarantine station.
(f) The state
veterinarian may impound any dog, cat, or other carnivore permitted to remain
on board a vessel under this section, and may order the animal quarantined for
failure to comply with any requirement of this section. The time elapsed
between arrival of the vessel and the impoundment shall not be credited against
the period of quarantine.
(1) Animals
impounded on neighbor islands shall be transported by air to the port at the
Honolulu International Airport and, from there, to the animal quarantine
station.
(2) The owner, captain, or
other person in charge of the vessel shall be responsible for all airline fees
and all costs connected with investigation, impoundment, and ground
transportation.
(g) To
retrieve an impounded animal for departure from the State, the owner, captain,
or other person in charge of the vessel shall submit a letter to the animal
quarantine manager describing all animals held in quarantine at the quarantine
station that he or she wishes to retrieve for departure and give the day and
time of departure from the State. The letter shall be received forty-eight
hours in advance of the requested release time. The animals described in the
letter shall be delivered directly to the vessel by an inspector. All
arrangements shall be approved by the manager and a fee shall be charged for
the delivery of the animals to the vessel as provided in section
4-29-17.
(1) Delivery shall be scheduled during the
hours of 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., except for good cause.
(2) Any delivery made between 4:00 p.m. and
10:00 a.m. shall incur overtime fees and fringe benefit expenses at the state
rates in addition to the delivery fee.
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