Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-4

  • Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
  • Historic preservation: means the research, protection, restoration, rehabilitation, and interpretation of buildings, structures, objects, districts, areas, and sites, including underwater sites and burial sites, significant to the history, architecture, archaeology, or culture of this State, its communities, or the nation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2

All state historic areas and buildings surplus to the operations of the department of accounting and general services shall be transferred by executive order to the department. All state projects and programs relating to historic preservation shall come under the authority of the department.