(a) The board shall maintain a list of restricted plants that require a permit for entry into the State. Restricted plants or any portion thereof shall not be imported into the State without a permit issued pursuant to rules.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-6.1

  • Animal: means any invertebrate or vertebrate species of the animal kingdom including but not limited to mammal, bird, fish, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, insect, mite, and nematode, other than common domestic animal such as dog and cat. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Board: means the board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Import: means shipment to the State from any point outside of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Insect: means an invertebrate animal belonging to the class Insecta, including beetle, bug, fly, and other arthropods, such as spider, mite, tick, centipede, and wood louse. 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 department shall designate, by rule, as restricted plants, specific plants that may be detrimental or potentially harmful to agriculture, horticulture, the environment, or animal or public health, or that spread or may be likely to spread an infestation or infection of an insect, pest, or disease that is detrimental or potentially harmful to agriculture, horticulture, the environment, or animal or public health. In addition, plant species designated by rule as noxious weeds are designated as restricted plants.
(c) The department may regulate or prohibit the sale of specific plants on the list of restricted plants by rule.
(d) Noxious weeds may be imported only for research, by permit, and shall not be offered for sale or sold in the State.
(e) No person shall import, offer for sale, or sell within the State any plant or propagative portion of Salvinia molesta or Salvinia minima and Pistia stratiotes.

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