§200D-3  Kaneohe Bay regional council;general powers, duties, and functions.  The council shall have thefollowing powers and duties and perform the following functions:

(1)  Facilitate the implementation of the master planas it relates to ocean use activities;

(2)  Review and periodically amend the master plan asit relates to ocean use activities;

(3)  Serve as a central coordinative clearinghouse ofpublic and private activities in Kaneohe Bay, and as a repository anddisseminator of information on the bay;

(4)  Facilitate productive interaction between usersof the bay and the general public in order to develop a common vision and makerecommendations for public policy related to the bay;

(5)  Recommend research, studies, data collection, andplanning activities designed to provide additional information on Kaneohe Bay,with particular reference to the specific needs of the bay, and to publicizethe results thereof, to the extent that these functions do not duplicate orsupplant activities provided by other state or county agencies;

(6)  Advise and make recommendations to the State andthe county on matters regarding the use of Kaneohe Bay by the general public,marine research programs, and commercial ocean use activities, includinglegislative matters;

(7)  Develop short- and long-term goals based on themaster plan, resources, and programs for Kaneohe Bay;

(8)  Educate the public and users of Kaneohe Bay onthe problems and needs of the bay through public education programs;

(9)  Serve as the public advocate for Kaneohe Bay;

(10)  Initiate and maintain contact with public,private, county, and state organizations, agencies, and individuals engaging inactivities in Kaneohe Bay;

(11)  Establish a Kaneohe Bay fishing panel to monitorfishing activities in the bay, as recommended in the master plan as it relatesto ocean use activities; and

(12)  Hold annual public hearings until 1999 on thestatus of the implementation of the master plan as it relates to ocean useactivities and research being conducted by the Hawaii institute of marinebiology. [L 1993, c 317, pt of §2; am L 1998, c 129, §4]