H.B. 1237 Summary

• Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish a green user fee program to collect user fees (including film permitting fees) for state parks, with revenues deposited into the state parks special fund.

• Authorizes counties to request participation in the program for county parks, with the department collecting fees and remitting them to the appropriate county.

• Requires the department to develop a mobile application for reservations and fee collection available in Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Tagalog.

• Exempts individuals who filed or paid state income taxes in the previous tax period, or those who established domicile in Hawaii as evidenced by a driver's license, civil ID, school ID, or other official government/financial/insurance/utility documents.

• Appropriates unspecified sums for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 for system development and four full-time positions (program administrator, administrative assistant, county coordinator, and film permitting liaison).