HI SB824

Requires vessels requiring tug assistance to use operational stevedoring companies registered in Hawaii to secure mooring lines to state commercial docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings.

Exempts shipyard and boatyard operations necessary for vessel drydocking, hauling, launching, or shifting from the stevedoring company requirement.

Adds new section 382 to Hawaii Revised Statutes authorizing the department to regulate stevedoring labor for mooring line services and defines "tug" as a boat used for towing or pushing larger vessels.

Amends section 266-2 of Hawaii Revised Statutes to explicitly state that the department of transportation must ensure mooring line securing is performed by stevedoring companies and adds definitions for commodity, manifested cargo, shipyard, boatyard, stevedoring company, and tug.

Takes effect on July 1, 2050.