§10-20 Taro security; funding. (a) The office may seek available federal, state, county, or private funding to restore taro and lo`i cultivation. The office shall cooperate with other public and private agencies, as appropriate, in applying for funds pursuant to this section.
(b) The office may use and distribute funds received pursuant to subsection (a) for projects that use taro for:
(1) Flood control;
(2) Wetland restoration and preservation;
(3) Food security;
(4) Community economic development;
(5) Job creation;
(6) Education; and
(7) Water-quality protection. [L 2010, c 196, §2]
Cross References
Hand-pounded poi, see §321-4.7.
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
10. Office of Hawaiian Affairs
10-4 Office of Hawaiian affairs; established; general powers.
10-4.5 Authority over disbursements
10-5 Board of trustees; powers and duties.
10-6 General duties of the board.
10-8 Organization; quorum; meeting.
10-9 Salaries; benefit; expenses.
10-9.5 Salary commission; established.
10-10 Administrator; appointment, tenure, removal.
10-11 Salary of the administrator.
10-13 Appropriations; accounts; reports.
10-13.5 Use of public land trust proceeds.
10-17 Grants; conditions and qualifications.
10-18 Hui `Imi advisory council.
10-23 Authorization of office projects and loan programs; issuance of revenue bonds.
10-24 Revenue bond anticipation notes.
10-25.1 Federal tax-exempt status; preference; protection.
10-27 Covenants in resolution authorizing revenue bonds.
10-30 Payment and security of revenue bonds; revenue bonds not a debt of the State.
10-31 Office of Hawaiian affairs projects and loan programs to be self-supporting.
10-32 Office of Hawaiian affairs projects, loan programs, and bonds exempt from taxation.
10-33 Powers herein, additional to other powers.
10-34 Funding and refunding bonds; authorization and purpose.
10-35 Funding and refunding bonds; principal amount.
10-36 Limitation of authority.