HRS §206-42
Working with federal laws on land and resources
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says the state and the board of land and natural resources must work with the federal government as much as this chapter allows. They must adopt rules and methods to get all benefits from federal laws. It is a general cooperation requirement.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Conformity with federal law
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.
In carrying out this chapter the State and the board of land and natural resources shall cooperate, to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this chapter, with the federal government, and shall respectively take such action through the adoption of appropriate rules, regulations, administrative methods and standards, as may be necessary to secure to this State all advantages available under any federal law or regulation.
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