HI HB661

Adds new subsection (j) to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 343-5 to allow previously permitted or authorized activities to continue operating while environmental review is conducted, if challenged as requiring environmental assessment under Chapter 343.

Exempts activities involving construction, grading, dredging, or structural modifications to land, waterways, or marine environments from the continuation allowance.

Applies only to activities permitted or authorized under chapters 187A, 188, 189, 190, or 200 (relating to ocean recreation, marine life conservation, and hunting areas).

Addresses court decisions that broadened the definition of environmental "action" to include long-standing, historically permitted activities that were already regulated under strict administrative rules.

Effective date: July 1, 3000 (appears to be a drafting error in the bill text).