HAR §13-244-21. Reporting vessels found

Any person who finds a vessel which is adrift or has been lost shall report the whereabouts of such vessel to the owner, to any police officer or to the department at the earliest possible time. [Eff 2/24/94] (Auth: HRS §200-24) (Imp: HRS §§200-22, 200-24, 200-30) §13-244-22 Interstate boat compacts; reciprocal agreement and courtesy. (a) Declaration of policy. (1) As provided in section 200-30, Hawaii Revised Statutes, it is the policy of the department to promote, encourage and facilitate the fullest possible use of its waters and improve boating safety by making and executing boat numbering, equipment or accident-reporting reciprocal or proportional agreements, arrangements and declarations with other jurisdictions, with respect to vessels principally used in this and the other jurisdictions, thus contributing to the economic and social development and growth of the State. (2) A nonresident owner of any foreign vessel may operate or permit the operation within the State of any such vessel meeting the 244-17 Unofficial Compilation requirements of any reciprocity arrangements, agreements or declarations made to carry out this section. This subsection shall not apply to a vessel carrying freight or passengers for hire or to a vessel leased by an owner engaged in the business of leasing vessels. (b) Declaration of extent of reciprocity. In the absence of any agreement or arrangement with another jurisdiction, the chairperson, board of land and natural resources, may examine the laws and requirements of the jurisdiction and declare the extent or recovery of vessels required to be registered and numbered pursuant to section 200-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and nature of exemptions, benefits and privileges to be extended to vessels properly numbered or equipped in the other jurisdictions, as to the owners of the vessels, which shall in the judgment of the chairperson be in the best interest of the State and the citizens thereof, and which shall be fair and equitable to the State and the citizens thereof, and all of the same shall be determined on the basis and recognition of the benefits which accrue to the economy of the State from the uninterrupted flow of commerce; provided that all the vessels shall comply with the minimum equipment requirements of the Coast Guard. (c) Suspension of reciprocity agreements. Agreements, arrangements or declarations made under the authority of this section may include provisions authorizing the chairperson to suspend or cancel the exemption, benefits or privileges granted thereunder to a person who violates any of the conditions or terms of the agreements, arrangements or declarations or who violates the laws of the State relating to vessels or rules lawfully adopted thereunder. [Eff 2/24/94] (Auth: HRS §200-24) (Imp: HRS §§200-22, 200- 24, 200-30) §13-244-23 Manufacturer's or builder's hull identification number required. (a) If a vessel 244-18 Unofficial Compilation contains a permanent identification number placed thereon by the manufacturer thereof, the manufacturer's hull identification number shall be used as the builder's hull identification number. If there is no manufacturer's hull identification number, or if the manufacturer's hull identification number has been removed or obliterated or if the vessel is homemade, the department shall, upon a prescribed application, assign a permanent hull identification number which shall be used as the builder's hull identification number for the vessel, and this assigned number shall be permanently affixed to or imprinted by the applicant, at the place and in the manner designated by the department upon the vessel for which the builder's hull identification number is assigned. (b) No vessel manufactured after January 1, 1967 may be sold or offered for sale by any person in the State unless such vessel has a hull identification number regardless of whether assigned by the manufacturer or by the department. (c) Manufacturer's hull identification numbers for vessels shall be clearly imprinted in the stern transom, hull or other essential hull member near the stern by carving, stamping, impressing or marking with pressure. In lieu of imprinting, the manufacturer's hull identification number may be displayed on a plate in a permanent manner. In addition to being permanent, the number shall be accessible. If the hull identification number is displayed in a location other than on or near the stern transom, the department must be notified by the manufacturer as to such location. (d) No person, firm, association or corporation shall destroy, remove, alter, cover or deface the boat manufacturer's hull identification number, or plate bearing the hull identification number, or any hull identification number assigned by the department on any vessel. (e) No person shall have possession of, buy, receive, sell or offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of in the State a vessel, on which the manufacturer's 244-19 Unofficial Compilation or assigned hull identification number has been destroyed, removed, covered, altered, or defaced, knowing of the destruction, removal, covering, alteration, or defacement of such manufacturer's or assigned hull identification number. [Eff 2/24/94] (Auth: HRS §200-24) (Imp: HRS §§200-22, 200-24) §13-244-24 Report required by boat builders and boat manufacturers. All boat builders and boat manufacturers in the State shall record with the department the name and address of their business or firm and the name and address of the owner. They shall notify the department upon termination of their business. The department shall maintain a record of boat builders and boat manufacturers. No recording fee shall be charged. [Eff 2/24/94] (Auth: HRS §200- 24) (Imp: HRS §§200-22, 200-24)