§183-1.5  Duties in general.  The
department shall:



(1)  Gather and compile information and statistics
concerning the area, location, character, and increase and decrease of forests
in the State;



(2)  Gather and compile information as necessary
concerning trees, plants, and shrubs recommended for planting in different
localities, including the care and propagation of trees and shrubs for
protective, productive, and aesthetic purposes and other useful information,
which the department deems proper;



(3)  Have the power to manage and regulate all lands
which may be set apart as forest reserves;



(4)  Devise ways and means of protecting, extending,
increasing, and utilizing the forests and forest reserves, more particularly
for protecting and developing the springs, streams, and sources of water supply
to increase and make that water supply available for use;



(5)  Devise and carry into operation, ways and means
by which forests and forest reserves can, with due regard to the main
objectives of title 12, be made self-supporting in whole or in part;



(6)  Devise and carry into operation, ways and means
of reforesting suitable state lands;



(7)  Formulate and from time to time recommend to the
governor and legislature such additional legislation as it deems necessary or
desirable for better implementing the objectives of title 12;



(8)  Publish, at the end of each year, a report of the
expenditures and proceedings of the department and of the results achieved by
the department, together with such other matters as are germane to the subject
matter under title 12 and which the department deems proper. [L 1903, c 44, pt
of §5; am L 1919, c 65, §1; RL 1925, §586; RL 1935, pt of §176; am L 1941, c
228, §1; RL 1945, pt of §1006; RL 1955, pt of §18-7; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22;
am L 1961, c 132, §1; HRS §183-1; am L 1981, c 85, §3; am L 1985, c 174, §2; am
L 1988, c 337, §6; am L 1990, c 315, §3]



 



Revision Note



 



  This section is former §183-1.



 



Cross References



 



  General authority, see §26-15.