Hawaii SB 18: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Bill Text

THE SENATE
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
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JAN 1 5 2025
A BILL FORAN ACT
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that comprehensive
statewide inventories of historic properties and burial sites
are critical to managing and protecting these properties and
sites in the state. The absence of comprehensive statewide
inventories delays project planning because developers,
planners, and state and county agencies lack key information on
the locations of historic properties and burial sites. The
missing data can impact planning processes by requiring projects
to be redesigned or delayed after significant resources have
already been expended.
The legislature further finds that a lack of key
information on historic property and burial site locations
hampers the state historic preservation division's ability to
perform its responsibilities. The state historic preservation
division relies on submitted documentation and knowledgeable
individuals contributing new information to existing databases
and inventories when conducting its surveys and inventory.
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Because some historic buildings and burial sites are located
within restricted or undeveloped areas of the State, the data
collected is often neither accurate nor comprehensive.
The legislature further finds that while the state historic
preservation division of the department of land and natural
resources is required to create and maintain inventories, the
department does not receive funding to fulfill this mandate.
Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds
to the state historic preservation division of the department of
land and natural resources to expedite development of a
comprehensive inventory of historic properties and burial sites
located in the State and conduct relevant archaeological surveys
necessary to compile the inventory.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general
revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and
the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2026-2027 to be deposited into the Hawaii historic
preservation special fund established by section 6E-16, Hawaii
Revised Statutes.
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SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the Hawaii
historic preservation special fund the sum of $ or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and
the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2026-2027 for the state historic preservation division to
develop a comprehensive inventory of historic properties and
burial sites located in the State and conduct relevant
archeological surveys necessary to compile the inventory;
provided that the sums shall be expended as follows:
(1) $ for state-of-the-art archaeological
surface surveys utilizing remote sensing, aerial, and
satellite imagery;
(2) $ for the collection of data regarding the
locations of burial sites; and
(3) $ for the development of an inventory of
historic buildings, structures, and other properties.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department
of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.
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1 SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
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INTRODUCED BY:
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S.B. NO. /8
Report Title:
SHPD; Inventory; Burial Sites; Historic Properties; Hawaii
Historic Preservation Special Fund; Appropriations
Description:
Makes appropriations into and out of the Hawaii Historic
Preservation Special Fund to the State Historic Preservation
Division to inventory historic properties and burial sites in
the State, collect data on burial site locations, and conduct an
archaeological surface survey.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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