H.B. 622 Summary

• Authorizes the board of land and natural resources chairperson to transfer funds from the department of land and natural resources' public land trust accounts to the Kaho'olawe rehabilitation trust fund, not to exceed $3,000,000 annually.

• Adds public land trust account transfers as a funding source to the Kaho'olawe rehabilitation trust fund, alongside federal moneys, legislative appropriations, grants, donations, and investment returns.

• Allows the office of Hawaiian affairs to expend 20 percent of public land trust funds for purposes consistent with the Kaho'olawe rehabilitation trust fund.

• Establishes that Kaho'olawe island reserve is used exclusively for native Hawaiian cultural and spiritual practices, archaeological and environmental protection, habitat restoration, and education.

• Takes effect on July 1, 2050.