§150A-5.3 - Inspection, quarantine, and eradication service fee and charge. - Hawaii Statutes

     §150A-5.3  Inspection, quarantine, and eradication service fee and charge.  There is imposed a fee for the inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species contained in any freight, including but not limited to marine commercial container shipment, air freight, or any other means of transporting freight, foreign or domestic, that is brought into the State.  The fee shall be paid by the person responsible for paying the freight charges to the transportation company, who shall collect the fee and forward the payment to the department at the port of disembarkation; 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.

     The fee shall be assessed on the net weight of the imported freight computed on the basis of 50 cents for every one thousand pounds of freight brought into the State, or part thereof. [L Sp 2007, c 9, pt of §1; am L 2008, c 16, §4; am L Sp 2008, c 3, §3]