§141-5  Charges for inspection, etc. The department of agriculture, with the approval of the governor, shall adopt areasonable scale of charges, which may be changed from time to time, for theinspection, disinfection, fumigation, and quarantine that is authorized,required, or permitted by this chapter or chapter 142, 150, or 150A. Certificates and permits in these chapters concerning articles or animalsimported, or proposed to be imported, into the State, and the charges providedfor, shall be paid for in advance before any certificate or permit isdelivered, or any of the articles or animals are permitted to be landed.  Ifthereafter further expense is incurred in the inspection, treatment, orquarantine of any of the articles or animals, the charges shall be paid beforeany of the articles or animals shall be delivered. [L 1903, c 44, §15; am L1905, c 82, §2; RL 1925, §642; RL 1935, §238; RL 1945, §1364; RL 1955, §18-16;am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §141-5; am L 2008, c 236, §4]