HB 2443 Summary

• Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 6E-11 to establish civil and administrative violations for unauthorized archaeological activities and damage to historic properties and burial sites

• Makes it a violation to take, appropriate, excavate, injure, destroy, or alter historic properties or aviation artifacts on private or state-owned lands without written permission or departmental approval

• Prohibits conducting archaeological monitoring, carrying out data recovery activities, or violating mitigation conditions without prior departmental approval of required plans

• Establishes violations for using explosives during land development or land alteration activities subject to historic preservation review without departmental approval

• Sets penalties of up to $10,000 per violation, plus additional fines for damage to historic properties, with equipment seizure authorized and 10-year ban from state or county funded construction projects for violations involving burial sites

• Effective July 1, 2050