§121-19 Regulations governing armories, etc. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the adjutant general may make regulations to establish procedures governing the care and custody of department of defense facilities that are either set aside to the department of defense or on license from the federal government. The adjutant general may permit the use of or may temporarily rent to national guard units or other county, state, or federal government agency sponsoring or co-sponsoring meetings, classes, or other activities; hosting athletic events or competitions; billeting personnel in conjunction with sanctioned events such as agency-sponsored conferences or classes, agency-sponsored athletic or recreation programs, government-sponsored public hearings or meetings, unit-sponsored youth organizations and activities, or public school sponsored classes, dances, plays, and concerts; nonprofit or eleemosynary organizations conducting a community or group activity; and film production enterprise activities promoted and coordinated through the Hawaii film industry branch, department of business, economic development, and tourism, such portions as will not interfere with the military use thereof. The adjutant general shall establish the rentals to be charged for their use and all net proceeds received from the rentals shall be deposited into the general fund of the State. Chapter 91 shall not apply. [L 1967, c 196, pt of §1; HRS §121-19; am L 1975, c 108, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 2019, c 76, §2]
Attorney General Opinions
Allowance of use of armories for private functions must be in accordance with this section if armories are on license from the federal government, and in accordance with §171-11 if armories are on lands set aside by executive orders. Att. Gen. Op. 71-1.