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A legislative bill that died last year is getting a second life.\u00a0Hawaii Senate Bill 304<\/a>, would allow the state to collect a “green fee” from visitors who want to go to Hawaii’s public beaches, parks, trails, coastlines and other natural areas.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The legislature believes that establishing a visitor impact fee of $50 in Hawaii would be a significant and effective way to raise additional revenue to offset visitor impacts and ensure a healthy environment for future generations,” the bill reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A legislative bill that died last year is getting a second life.\u00a0Hawaii Senate Bill 304, would allow the state to collect a “green fee” from visitors who want to go to Hawaii’s public beaches, parks, trails, coastlines and other natural areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":630,"featured_media":55264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3797,3864],"tags":[1281,1250,2348],"yoast_head":"\nProposed bill suggests 'Green Fee' for Hawaii tourists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A legislative bill that died last year is getting a second life.\u00a0Hawaii Senate Bill 304, would allow the state to collect a "green fee" from visitors who want to go to Hawaii's public beaches, parks, trails, coastlines and other natural areas.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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