§342D-108 - Exemption for vessels in innocent passage. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§342D-108]  Exemption for vessels in innocent passage.  This part does not apply to a commercial passenger vessel that operates in the marine waters of the State solely in innocent passage.  For purposes of this section, a vessel is engaged in innocent passage if its operation in marine waters of the State, regardless of whether the vessel is a United States or foreign-flag vessel, would constitute innocent passage under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982, December 10, 1982, United Nations Publication No. E.83.V.5, 21 I.L.M. 1261 (1982), were the vessel a foreign-flag vessel. [L 2005, c 217, pt of §1]