HRS §187A-12
University can use state aquatic facilities for research
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗The University of Hawaii may use the department's land, buildings, and equipment for a biology lab and research, as long as it doesn't interfere with the aquatic life station or other aquatic work. In exchange, the university must help the department with its aquatic activities as reasonably possible and as agreed.
The statute, as written — University of Hawaii may use land, etc
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The University of Hawaii shall have the privilege, free of charge, of using the land, buildings, apparatus, and appliances of the department for the purposes of a biological laboratory and for research and investigation in connection therewith, so far as the same can be done without material interference with the use of the same as an aquatic life propagation station or for other aquatic-resources activities. The university shall render to the department, in return therefor, such assistance as is reasonably practicable, in connection with the aquatic life propagation station or for other aquatic-resources activities, and as may be mutually agreed upon.
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