2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 12. Conservation and Resources
193. Conservation: Employment Programs
193-32 Administration.
§193-32 Administration. To carry out the program authorized by this part, the governor may:
(1) Enter into an agreement or agreements, or designate the department of land and natural resources, or any other state department or departments as the state agency or agencies to enter into an agreement or agreements, with the proper authorities of the United States;
(2) Designate the department of land and natural resources, or any state department or departments to design programs to provide healthful outdoor training and employment for young persons and to advance the conservation, development, and management of natural resources and recreational areas, in accordance with the applicable federal law; provided that the designated department or departments may also adopt appropriate rules under chapter 91 to carry out the programs so designed;
(3) Designate the department of land and natural resources to administer or enter into an agreement or agreements for the administration of a green job youth corps program that provides temporary work and training opportunities in one or more of the following fields: natural resource management, agriculture, conservation, renewable energy, or other sustainability professions. The program shall prioritize work and training opportunities for young adults who are between twenty years of age and forty years of age and economic diversification; provided that the department of land and natural resources shall partner with organizations that have experience providing similar programming in the State; and
(4) Defray one-half of all costs incurred with respect to the programs or any other proportion of the costs of the programs, which may be required by the applicable laws of the United States, out of any moneys appropriated to the department or departments designated to participate in the programs, without regard to the original purpose of the appropriations. [L 2001, c 268, pt of §1; am L 2021, c 181, §2]
Note
Department of land and natural resources report to 2022 legislature on its progress in implementing a green job youth corps program. L 2021, c 181, §3.
