(a) There is imposed a fee for the inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species contained in any freight, including marine commercial container shipment, air freight, or any other means of transporting freight, foreign or domestic, but not including aggregate bulk freight, cement bulk freight, coal bulk freight, or liquid bulk freight, that is brought into the State. The transportation company shall bill the fee to the person responsible for paying the freight charges to the transportation company within fifteen days of the delivery of the freight. The fee shall be paid by the person responsible for paying the freight charges to the transportation company within forty-five days of receipt of the bill. The transportation company shall collect the fee from the person responsible and forward the payment to the department at the port of disembarkation within forty-five days of receipt of the fee; provided that the transportation company shall not be liable for any fee that is not paid by the person responsible for paying the freight charges to the transportation company.

The department shall deposit the fee into the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund under section 150A-4.5.

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-5.3

  • Aggregate bulk freight: means manmade, unpackaged, pre-processed, inspected and certified, homogenous particulate material, without mark or count, that is usually free-flowing and bought and sold by weight or volume, such as clean sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete, and geosynthetic aggregates. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Cement bulk freight: means unpackaged, homogenous cement, without mark or count, that is usually free-flowing and bought and sold by weight or volume. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Coal bulk freight: means unpackaged, homogenous coal, without mark or count, that is usually free-flowing, bought and sold by weight or volume, and used as a fuel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Freight: means nonpassenger goods, cargo, or lading, transported for pay. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Liquid bulk freight: means unpackaged, homogenous liquid goods, without mark or count, that are usually free-flowing and bought and sold by weight or volume, such as oil, or other complex mixture of petroleum hydrocarbons, bituminous liquids such as asphalt, gasoline, and fuel oils. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Net weight: means the gross weight of the freight minus the container weight, if any. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Pest: means any animal, insect, disease agent or other organism in any stage of development that is detrimental or potentially harmful to agriculture, or horticulture, or animal or public health, or natural resources including native biota or has an adverse effect on the environment as determined by the board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
(b) The fee shall be assessed and collected on the net weight of the imported freight computed on the basis of 75 cents for every one thousand pounds of freight, or part thereof, brought into the State.

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