Report Title:

Walking Trails; Appropriation

 

Description:

Designates the Pi'ilani trail from Makena to Kapalua as an important Hawaiian coastal cultural heritage corridor.  Appropriates funds for trail improvements, including the planting of native Hawaiian plants.  (HB1028 HD1)

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1028

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

RELATING TO WALKING TRAILS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  The legislature recognizes the importance of walking trails as part of Hawaii's natural resources and cultural heritage.  The Alaloa trail on the island of Maui, also known as the King's Highway, is an ancient trail that encircled the island of Maui, connecting villages and heiaus scattered on Maui's coastal areas.  King Pi'ilani, a fourteenth-century chief of East Maui and the Hana districts, began the construction of the Alaloa trail, which was completed by his son.  Stretching more than one hundred thirty-eight miles around Maui, it became the only ancient highway to encircle the coastline of any of the Hawaiian islands.  A Hawaiian elder, Eddie Pu, has walked the entire Pi'ilani trail, as it is known today, for the past thirty years as a spiritual quest that renews and reconnects him to the life and energy of the land and his ancestors.

     The purpose of this Act is to:

     (1)  Designate the Pi'ilani trail from Makena to Kapalua as an important Hawaiian coastal cultural heritage corridor; and

     (2)  Appropriate funds for trail improvements, including the planting of native Hawaiian plants, so the trail can be used and enjoyed by more members of the public.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009 to reestablish and improve the Pi'ilani trail on the island of Maui.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.