§6E-6  Depositories for certain specimensand objects.  The department shall serve as or shall determine thedepository for all field notes, photographs, negatives, maps, artifacts, orother materials generated or recovered through historic preservation projectssupported in whole or in part by the State or taking place on state lands.

Any aviation artifact or any specimen andobject of natural and of botanical, ethnological, architectural, historical, orarchaeological value or interest, and any book, treatise, or pamphlet relatingthereto in the possession of the University of Hawaii, or any other stateagency or its political subdivisions, if and when the same is no longer neededfor scientific investigation, for study, or for any other purpose, at the requestof the Bishop Museum or other qualified museums in this State, shall betransferred and delivered by and with the consent of such department, bureau,or board having possession thereof, to the Bishop Museum or other qualifiedmuseum, or exchanged with such museum, and whereupon, the title shall becomevested in such museum and shall be held by them; provided that the aviationartifacts or any specimens and objects so transferred are made available at allreasonable times by the museum for study and examination by the officials ofthe university of such department, bureau, or board and to qualified scholars.[L 1976, c 104, pt of §2; am L 1996, c 97, §5]