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HRS §206R-8

Rules for broadband grant oversight

The department must create rules to carry out this law. These rules must include ways to oversee and report how grant money is spent. The rules cannot include financial penalties or requirements unrelated to building broadband infrastructure.

state agencies

The statute, as written — -8] Rules

(a) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. (b) The rules shall: (1) Include reasonable oversight and reporting provisions to ensure that grant moneys are used as intended; and (2) Not impose any financial penalty or liquidated damages provisions or provisions that are not reasonably related to the deployment of broadband infrastructure in the State in accordance with this chapter.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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