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HRS §304A-1652

Land set aside for the state aquarium and its lab

This section sets aside specific land in Waikiki for the state aquarium. The University of Hawaii's board of regents must run the aquarium for public programs, education, research, and showing aquatic life. They must also keep a marine biological laboratory there.

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The statute, as written — State aquarium; site

All those certain pieces or parcels of land situated at Waikiki, city and county of Honolulu, used as an aquarium and more fully described in copy survey furnished number 11528 as all of lots 114 to 118 inclusive and portions of lots 113 and 119 of the Kapiolani park lots as described in Executive Order No. 1817, are set aside for public purposes, to wit: for the purposes of the state aquarium under the direction of the board of regents of the University of Hawaii. The board of regents shall establish and at all times maintain upon such lands the state aquarium for public programs, education, research, and the exhibition to the public of the aquatic life of Hawaii and other regions. The board shall also establish and at all times maintain at the aquarium a marine biological laboratory.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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