§6E-72 Taking, appropriation, excavation, injury, destruction, or alteration of a burial site; penalty. (a) A person commits the offense of taking, appropriation, excavation, injury, destruction, or alteration of a burial site if the person knowingly:
(1) Takes, appropriates, excavates, injures, destroys, or alters any burial site or the contents thereof, located on private land or land owned or controlled by the State or any of its political subdivisions, except as permitted by the department; or
(2) Takes, appropriates, excavates, injures, destroys, or alters any burial site or the contents thereof during the course of land development or land alteration activities to which section 6E-42 applies, without obtaining the required approval.
(b) Taking, appropriation, excavation, injury, destruction, or alteration of a burial site is a misdemeanor for which a fine not to exceed $25,000 may be imposed, in addition to any other penalty authorized by chapter 706 for a misdemeanor.
(c) Each day of a continued violation of this section shall constitute a distinct and separate offense. [L 2005, c 128, pt of §1]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
6E-3 Historic preservation program.
6E-5 State historic preservation officer.
6E-5.5 The Hawaii historic places review board; creation; powers; appointments; composition.
6E-6 Depositories for certain specimens and objects.
6E-7 State title to historic property.
6E-8 Review of effect of proposed state projects.
6E-9 Investigation, recording, preservation, and salvage; appropriations.
6E-10 Privately owned historic property.
6E-11 Civil and administrative violations.
6E-11.6 Administrative penalties.
6E-12 Reproductions, forgeries, and illegal sales.
6E-14 Preservation activities by political subdivisions.
6E-15 Regulations, special conditions or restrictions.
6E-16 Hawaii historic preservation special fund.
6E-17 Archaeological data survey database.
6E-31 Monuments; reservation of land; relinquishment of private claims.
6E-32 Diamond Head State Monument.
6E-32.5 Mount Olomana state monument.
6E-37 National statuary hall; Father Damien.
6E-38 National statuary hall; King Kamehameha I.
6E-39 Jurisdiction over World War II memorial.
6E-40 Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.
6E-41 Cemeteries; removal or redesignation.
6E-42 Review of proposed projects.
6E-43 Prehistoric and historic burial sites.
6E-43.5 Island burial councils; creation; appointment; composition; duties.
6E-44 Veterans memorial commission.
6E-45 Korean and Vietnam memorial.
6E-46 Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame.
6E-47 Pearl Harbor historic trail.
6E-51 Department of land and natural resources; powers.
6E-61 Biological survey; designation.
6E-73 Failure to stop work upon discovery of a burial site; penalty.
6E-74 Criminal penalties not in lieu of civil or administrative penalties.
6E-75 Part not applicable to family burial plots.