Hawaii HB 2348: RELATING TO THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND.

Bill Text

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026 H .B. N ~
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
1 SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the department of
2 land and natural resources has a variety of responsibilities
3 related to operating, maintaining, and improving the State’s
4 parks through the state parks special fund. The legislature
5 further finds that funds from the state parks special fund are
6 currently not authorized for environmental protection programs
7 in state parks, despite these parks being vulnerable to visitor
8 and climate impacts.
9 Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to authorize the
10 department of land and natural resources to expend moneys from
11 the state parks special fund for departmental programs aimed at
12 environmental protection.
13 SECTION 2. Section 184—3.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
14 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
15 “(b) The department shall expend the moneys from the state
16 parks special fund for the following purposes:
17 (1) Permanent and temporary staff positions;
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1 (2) Planning and development of state parks programs,
2 including the ama hoomalu state parks program;
3 (3) Construction, repairs, replacement, additions, and
4 extensions of state parks facilities;
5 (4) Operation and maintenance costs of state parks and
6 state parks programs; [~]
7 (5) Any departmental program aimed at environmental
8 protection; and
9 [-(4)-] (6) Administrative costs of the division of state
10 parks.~’
11 SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed
12 and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
13 SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its appro 1.
14
INTRODUCED BY: JAN 26 2026
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H.B. NO. Z39~’
Report Title:
DLNR; State Parks Special Fund; Division of State Parks;
Environmental Protection
Description:
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to
expend the moneys from the State Parks Special Fund for programs
aimed at environmental protection.
The summary description oflegislation appearing on this page is forinformationalpurposes only and is
not legislation orevidence oflegislative intent.
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