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HRS §195D-24

Keeping private land species locations secret

This section says that information a landowner gives the board to prepare a habitat conservation plan or safe harbor agreement stays confidential until the plan is publicly announced. Even after that, the exact location of rare species can stay secret.

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The statute, as written — Confidentiality

All information submitted to the board by a landowner pursuant to section 195D-21 or 195D-22, in the course of preparing a habitat conservation plan or safe harbor agreement for private lands, respectively, shall be kept confidential until notice of the proposed plan or agreement is published in the periodic bulletins of the office of planning and sustainable development. For habitat conservation plans or safe harbor agreements for private lands, the precise location of any threatened or endangered species may remain confidential.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§195D-21 Habitat conservation plans

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