Haw. Rev. Stat. § 166E-3
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Transfer and management of non-agricultural park lands and related facilities to the department of agriculture and biosecurity.
Official statutory text
(a) Upon mutual agreement and approval of the board and the board of land and natural resources:
(1) The department may accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands; and
(2) Certain assets, including position counts, related to the management of existing encumbered and unencumbered non-agricultural park lands and related facilities shall be transferred to the department.
(b) The department shall administer a program to manage the transferred non-agricultural park lands under rules adopted by the board pursuant to chapter 91. The program and its rules shall be separate and distinct from the agricultural park program and its rules. Non-agricultural park lands are not the same as, and shall not be selected or managed as are lands under agricultural park leases. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the program shall include the following conditions pertaining to encumbered non-agricultural park lands:
(1) The lessee or permittee shall perform in full compliance with the existing lease or permit;
(2) The lessee or permittee shall not be in arrears in the payment of taxes, rents, or other obligations owed to the State or any county;
(3) The lessee's or permittee's agricultural operation shall be economically viable as specified by the board; and
(4) No encumbered or unencumbered non-agricultural park lands with soils classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity rating class A or B shall be transferred for the use or development of golf courses, golf driving ranges, and country clubs.
The transfer of non-agricultural park lands shall be done in a manner to be determined by the board of agriculture and biosecurity.
(c) For any encumbered or unencumbered non-agricultural park lands transferred to the department that are not being utilized or required for the public purpose stated, the order setting aside the lands shall be withdrawn and the lands shall be returned to the department of land and natural resources. [L 2003, c 90, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 25, §1 ; am L 2025, c 236, §§17, 18]
(1) The department may accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands; and
(2) Certain assets, including position counts, related to the management of existing encumbered and unencumbered non-agricultural park lands and related facilities shall be transferred to the department.
(b) The department shall administer a program to manage the transferred non-agricultural park lands under rules adopted by the board pursuant to chapter 91. The program and its rules shall be separate and distinct from the agricultural park program and its rules. Non-agricultural park lands are not the same as, and shall not be selected or managed as are lands under agricultural park leases. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the program shall include the following conditions pertaining to encumbered non-agricultural park lands:
(1) The lessee or permittee shall perform in full compliance with the existing lease or permit;
(2) The lessee or permittee shall not be in arrears in the payment of taxes, rents, or other obligations owed to the State or any county;
(3) The lessee's or permittee's agricultural operation shall be economically viable as specified by the board; and
(4) No encumbered or unencumbered non-agricultural park lands with soils classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity rating class A or B shall be transferred for the use or development of golf courses, golf driving ranges, and country clubs.
The transfer of non-agricultural park lands shall be done in a manner to be determined by the board of agriculture and biosecurity.
(c) For any encumbered or unencumbered non-agricultural park lands transferred to the department that are not being utilized or required for the public purpose stated, the order setting aside the lands shall be withdrawn and the lands shall be returned to the department of land and natural resources. [L 2003, c 90, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 25, §1 ; am L 2025, c 236, §§17, 18]
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