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HI HB1637

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

3/8/2011

Primary Sponsor

Karl Rhoads

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Origin

House of Representatives

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates the kukui tree (Aleurites Moluccana), also known as the candlenut tree, as the official state heritage tree of Hawaii.

  • Designates the ohia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) as the official state native tree of Hawaii, noting it is the most common native tree in the Hawaiian islands found nowhere else in the world.

  • Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 5-8 to create two official state tree designations, changing the kukui tree's classification from "state tree" to "state heritage tree."

  • Takes effect upon approval.

Legislative Description

Kukui tree as state heritage tree; Ohia lehua as state native tree

Last Action

(S) Referred to WLH/HWN.

3/11/2011

Committee Referrals

Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs3/11/2011
Culture & the Arts1/28/2011

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