HRS §46-9

County spending for sister-city programs

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

This section lets any county, including Honolulu, spend public money on sister-city relationships if the county council approved the relationship by a formal resolution. It applies only when funds are available. No other rules or limits are stated here.

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The statute, as written — Expenditures of money for sister-city relationships

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.

Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any county, including the city and county of Honolulu, may make expenditures of public funds, whenever the funds are available, in order to further the ties of friendship, understanding, and goodwill existing under sister-city relationships entered into by resolution duly adopted by the respective legislative bodies of each county, including the city and county of Honolulu.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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