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ROH §6-24.2

What money goes into the Honolulu Zoo fund and what it pays for

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This section creates a special city fund for the Honolulu Zoo. It lists all the money that must be put into the fund, such as zoo income, gifts, and leftover animal purchase money. It also says the fund can only be used for zoo operations, staff, animals, and zoo building debts.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Purpose

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

(a) There will be deposited into the Honolulu Zoo fund: (1) All revenues generated for the city by the Honolulu Zoo, the Honolulu Zoo food concessions, and the Honolulu Zoo parking lot; (2) All entrance fees, rents, user fees, and miscellaneous revenues generated from operations of the Honolulu Zoo; (3) All proceeds from the sale of surplus animals from the Honolulu Zoo; (4) Gifts made to the Honolulu Zoo; (5) Any funds remaining in the zoo animal purchase fund, which will continue to be used for the purchase of animals; (6) All moneys appropriated to the fund by the council in the annual executive operating budget ordinance and any amendments thereto; and (7) Any interest earned on moneys deposited into the Honolulu Zoo fund. (b) The purpose of the Honolulu Zoo fund is to provide the following: (1) Funds for the administration, operation, repair, maintenance, and improvement of the Honolulu Zoo; (2) The salaries of persons employed to work at the Honolulu Zoo and related expenses; (3) Acquisition of zoo animals for the city, including shipping, insurance, travel, and other costs related to the purchase of animals for the Honolulu Zoo; and (4) To pay for debt service owed for capital improvements at the Honolulu Zoo.
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.