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HRS §173A-2.5

What the Legacy Land Conservation Commission Must Do

This section lists the main jobs of the Legacy Land Conservation Commission. The commission advises state officials on buying land or land rights that are valuable to Hawaii. It also reviews grant requests and makes recommendations, and it can adopt its own rules for how it does this work.

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The statute, as written — Responsibilities of the legacy land conservation commission

The responsibilities of the commission shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Advising the department and the board on any proposal, public or private, for the acquisition of any interest or rights in land having value as a resource to the State; (2) Advising the department and the board on any requests for grants from the fund to a qualifying state or county agency or nonprofit land conservation organization for the preservation of lands having value as a resource to the State; (3) Recommending to the board the acquisition of interests or rights in certain lands having value as a resource to the State; and (4) Reviewing and adopting rules relating to the criteria it applies in advising the department and the board and making recommendations to the board regarding land acquisitions and grants made pursuant to this chapter.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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