Report Title:

Mookini Heiau; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds to install a full sprinkler system to cover the grassy area of the Mookini Heiau, and the nearby Kamehameha birthsite, that are used for education and cultural practices.  Effective 7/1/2020.  (HB2373 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2373
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR MOOKINI HEIAU.

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

     SECTION 1.  The 1,500 year-old Mookini Heiau, located in the north Kohala area of the island of Hawaii, was once used by kings to pray and offer human sacrifices and is Hawaii's oldest, largest, and most sacred religious site and also a national historic landmark.  The massive three-story stone temple, dedicated to Ku, the Hawaiian god of war, was erected in A.D. 480.  Each stone is said to have been passed hand-to-hand from Pololu Valley, 14 miles away, by 18,000 men who worked from sunset to sunrise.  King Kamehameha is said to have been born nearby in 1758 and sought spiritual guidance at Mookini Heiau before embarking on his campaign to unite Hawaii.

     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 2008-2009 to install a full sprinkler system to cover the grassy area of the Mookini Heiau, and the nearby Kamehameha birthsite, which are used for education and cultural practices.

     The sum 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.