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Hawaiians, for the development of farm and home ownership, for the making of public improvements, and for the provision of lands for public use. The division also serves as an office of record and maintains a central repository of all government documents dating back to the
295:. In addition, to privately and publicly zoned Conservation District lands, OCCL is responsible for overseeing beach and marine lands out to the seaward extend of the State's jurisdiction and to act as the zoning authority of proposed activities taking place on public and private lands. This division also develops land management policies.
301:- Enforces all State laws and rules involving State lands, State Parks, historic sites, forest reserves, aquatic life and wildlife areas, coastal zones, Conservation districts, State shores, as well as county ordinances involving county parks. The division also enforces laws relating to firearms, ammunition, and dangerous weapons.
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Land - Manages State-owned lands and other lands that are not set aside for use by other government agencies. Most of these lands are in the Public Land Trust, which in the
Admissions Act states that the land shall be used for the support of the public schools and other public educational
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of the people of Hawaiʻi nei, and its visitors, in partnership with others from the public and private sectors." The organization oversees over 1.3 million acres of land, beaches, and coastal waters and 750 miles of coastal land.
178:. The mission of the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources is to "enhance, protect, conserve and manage Hawaiʻi's unique and limited natural, cultural and historic resources held in public trust for current and
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Bureau of Conveyances - Maintains an accurate, timely and permanent record system for title to real property and other land records. The Bureau examines, records, indexes, and microfilms over 344,000 Regular System and
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