HRS §6E-31
State monuments and private land claims
This section lets the governor, on the department's advice, name certain historic or scientific sites on state land as monuments and set aside the smallest needed area for them. If a site sits on private or claimed land, the owner may give that land to the state, and the governor can accept it.
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The statute, as written — Monuments; reservation of land; relinquishment of private claims
Upon the recommendation of the department, the governor may declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the State to be state monuments and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected. When such objects are situated upon a tract covered by a bona fide unperfected claim or held in private ownership, the tract, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the proper care and management of the object, may be relinquished to the State, and the governor may accept the relinquishment of such tracts in behalf of the State.
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