Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 302A-1316

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a public school shall not be required by the department of education to expend any school funds to maintain any geographically disadvantageous land on or adjacent to its property.

(b) As used in this section:

“Geographically disadvantageous land” includes rough terrain and streams.

“Rough terrain” means land that is uncultivated, undeveloped, and unsuitable for educational purposes and that may be covered by scrub or boulders.

“Stream” means natural, altered, or improved channels that have seasonal or continuous water flows as a result of either surface stormwater runoff or groundwater influx, or both. Streams include channels, streambeds, stream banks, drainage ways, and stream mouths.