Haw. Rev. Stat. § 195-9

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Natural area reserve fund; heritage program; established.

Official statutory text

(a) There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund known as the natural area reserve fund to implement the purposes of this chapter, including the identification, establishment, and management of natural area reserves, the acquisition of private lands for new natural area reserves, the operation of the heritage program, and the provision of matching funds for the natural area partnership program. The fund shall be administered by the department.

(b) The fund shall consist of moneys received from any public or private sources. The fund shall be held separate and apart from all other moneys, funds, and accounts in the state treasury, except that any moneys received from the federal government or from private contributions shall be deposited and accounted for in accordance with conditions established by the agencies or persons from whom the moneys are received. Investment earnings credited to the assets of the fund shall become a part of the assets of the fund. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the fund for the next fiscal year. [L 1987, c 351, §1; am L 1988, c 32, §1; am L 1991, c 326, §4]

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