§200-3 Ocean recreation and coastal areas programs. The board shall assume the following functions of the department of transportation: (1) Managing and administering the ocean-based recreation and coastal areas programs of the State; (2) Planning, developing, operating, administering, and maintaining small boat harbors, launching ramps, and other boating facilities and associated aids to navigation throughout the State; (3) Developing and administering an ocean recreation management plan; (4) Administering and operating a vessel registration system for the State; (5) Regulating the commercial use of state waters and marine resources, including operations originating from private marinas; (6) Regulating boat regattas and other ocean water events; (7) Administering a marine casualty and investigation program; (8) Assisting in abating air, water, and noise pollution; (9) Conducting public education in boating safety; (10) Administering the boating special fund; (11) Assisting in controlling shoreline erosion; (12) Repairing seawalls and other existing coastal protective structures under the jurisdiction of the State; and (13) Removing nonnatural obstructions and public safety ontrolling shoreline erosion; (12) Repairing seawalls and other existing coastal protective structures under the jurisdiction of the State; and (13) Removing nonnatural obstructions and public safety hazards from the shoreline, navigable streams, harbors, channels, and coastal areas of the State. [L 1991, c 272, pt of §2; am L 2012, c 289, §2] Law Journals and Reviews Wiping Out the Ban on Surfboards at Point Panic. 27 UH L. Rev. 303 (2004).
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