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HRS §58-2

Each county must create a tree advisory committee

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

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

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