Except as otherwise provided in this section, fines and penalties collected under §§ 342H-9 and 342H-10 shall be deposited into the environmental response revolving fund established by section 128D-2. Where a county individually, or the State and a county jointly, initiates and conducts an investigation resulting in the imposition and collection of a fine or penalty, pursuant to section 342H-30(c), the fine or penalty shall be distributed as follows:

(1) One half to the department of the county whose officers or employees initiated and conducted the investigation; and

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342H-10.5

(2) One half to the environmental response revolving fund established in section 128D-2.