HB 779 Summary

• Authorizes the issuance of $4,000,000 in general obligation bonds for capital improvement projects at the University of Hawaii's Waimanalo Research Station on Oahu.

• Appropriates $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2025-2026 to repair, maintain, and demolish buildings at the Waimanalo Research Station, which sits on 128 acres of ceded lands.

• Addresses deteriorating infrastructure at the research station, where the median age of buildings is approximately 44 years old, and ongoing security and theft challenges.

• Requires that appropriated funds not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium, except for any unencumbered moneys remaining as of June 30, 2028, which shall lapse on that date.

• Takes effect on July 1, 2025.