HRS §58-2
Each county must create a tree advisory committee
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗Every county in Hawaii must set up a committee to advise on trees. The mayor picks the members, including the county planning director and people with tree or plant expertise. The committee also includes at least three community members active in beautification or ecology.
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The statute, as written — County arborist advisory committees; establishment
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.
Each county of the State shall establish a county arborist advisory committee, whose members shall be appointed by the mayor and shall include: (1) The county planning director, or the director's designee; (2) One member who shall be a person actively employed in the practice of landscape architecture, a certified arborist, a horticulturist with specialization in trees, or a person who has received a master's degree in botany; and (3) Not less than three other members selected on the basis of active participation in programs of community beautification, or research or organization in the ecological sciences, including ethnobotany, or Hawaiiana.
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