Section 13-78-2 - Ocean stewardship user fee(a) Beginning on January 1, 2024, all operators of commercial vessels, watercraft, or water sports equipment that are required to have a commercial operator permit or commercial use permit pursuant to section 13-256-3 shall collect an ocean stewardship user fee from each passenger carried or customer served.(b) The ocean stewardship user fee shall be $1 per passenger or customer.(c) Fees collected pursuant to this section shall not be counted toward gross revenues for purposes of section 200-10(c)(5), HRS.(d) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be transferred to the department on or before the last day of the month following the month in which the fees were collected.(e) Commercial operators shall submit a monthly report to the department with information about their respective commercial operations during the month covered by the report including the total number of passengers carried or customers served, location of commercial activity, and nature or type of commercial activity. The report shall be rendered to the department as a true and correct statement of the information contained therein. Reports shall be submitted on or before the last day of the month following the month covered by the report.(f) Commercial operators shall maintain records of their respective daily number of passengers carried or customers served for at least twenty-four months after the carriage or service date. Records shall be made available for inspection by the department upon request.[Eff 1/12/2024] (Auth: HRS §187A-52) (Imp: HRS §187A-52)