Hawaii Revised Statutes 10. Office of Hawaiian Affairs

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  • 10-1 Declaration of Purpose.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-1] Declaration of purpose. (a) The people of the State...
  • 10-2 Definitions.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-2 Definitions. In this chapter, if not inconsistent with the...
  • 10-3 Purpose of the Office.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-3 Purpose of the office. The purposes of the office...
  • 10-4 Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Established; General Powers.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-4 Office of Hawaiian affairs; established; general powers. There shall...
  • 10-4.5 Authority Over Disbursements
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-4.5] Authority over disbursements. (a) Except as provided in subsection...
  • 10-5 Board of Trustees; Powers and Duties.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-5 Board of trustees; powers and duties. The board shall...
  • 10-6 General Duties of the Board.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-6 General duties of the board. (a) The general duties...
  • 10-7 Board of Trustees.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-7] Board of trustees. The office of Hawaiian affairs shall...
  • 10-8 Organization; Quorum; Meeting.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-8 Organization; quorum; meeting. The board, at its first meeting...
  • 10-9 Salaries; Benefit; Expenses.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-9 Salaries; benefit; expenses. Members of the board: (1) Shall...
  • 10-9.5 Salary Commission; Established.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-9.5 Salary commission; established. (a) There is established a salary...
  • 10-10 Administrator; Appointment, Tenure, Removal.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-10] Administrator; appointment, tenure, removal. The board by a majority...
  • 10-11 Salary of the Administrator.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-11 Salary of the administrator. The salary of the administrator...
  • 10-12 Assistant; Staff.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-12 Assistant; staff. The administrator may employ and retain such...
  • 10-13 Appropriations; Accounts; Reports.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-13 Appropriations; accounts; reports. Moneys appropriated by the legislature for...
  • 10-13.3 Interim Revenue.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-13.3] Interim revenue. Notwithstanding the definition of revenue contained in...
  • 10-13.5 Use of Public Land Trust Proceeds.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-13.5 Use of public land trust proceeds. Twenty per cent...
  • 10-13.6 Public Land Trust Conveyed for the Development of Housing Projects.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-13.6 Public land trust conveyed for the development of housing...
  • 10-14 Repealed.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-14 REPEALED. L 1990, c 221, §4.
  • 10-14.5 Budget Preparation and Submission; Auditing.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-14.5] Budget preparation and submission; auditing. (a) The budget, six-year...
  • 10-14.6 Legislative Review.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-14.6] Legislative review. The legislature shall consider the board's proposed...
  • 10-14.55 Audit and Report.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-14.55] Audit and report. The auditor shall conduct an audit...
  • 10-15 Annual Report.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-15 Annual report. The board shall prepare and make public...
  • 10-15.5 Repealed.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-15.5 REPEALED. L 1990, c 304, §§14, 16. Note Act...
  • 10-16 Suits.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-16] Suits. (a) The office may sue and be sued...
  • 10-17 Grants; Conditions and Qualifications.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). §10-17 Grants; conditions and qualifications. (a) Applications for grants shall...
  • 10-18 Hui ‘imi Advisory Council.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-18] Hui ‘Imi advisory council. (a) There is established a...
  • 10-19 Hawaiian Registry.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-19] Hawaiian registry. The office shall establish and maintain a...
  • 10-20 Taro Security; Funding.
    Sections 10-1 to 10-16 designated as Part I by L 1994, c 283, §2(1). [§10-20] Taro security; funding. (a) The office may seek available...

PART II. REVENUE BONDS

PART III. TRAINING; CERTAIN BOARDS, COMMISSIONS,
AND COUNCILS; NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND HAWAIIAN TRADITIONAL
AND CUSTOMARY RIGHTS, NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION AND
ACCESS RIGHTS, AND THE PUBLIC TRUST

Note

Kakaako makai; conveyance of certain parcels to office of Hawaiian affairs. L 2012, c 15.

Public land trust information system. L 2011, c 54; L 2013, c 110.

Use of lands in public land trust; payments and accounting requirements. L 2006, c 178.

Cross References

Allowance of indigenous Hawaiian architecture by county ordinances, see 46-1.55.

Successor determination program, see 171-100.

Attorney General Opinions

Office of Hawaiian affairs constitutionally valid. Att. Gen. Op. 80-8.

Legislature may not authorize office of Hawaiian affairs to use funds derived from public land trust to better the conditions of "Hawaiians", as defined in 10-2, distinguishing from "native Hawaiians" as defined in 5(f) of the Admission Act. Att. Gen. Op. 83-2.

Law Journals and Reviews

The Constitutionality of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. 7 UH L. Rev. 63.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Issue of Sovereign Immunity. 7 UH L. Rev. 95.

The Native Hawaiian Trusts Judicial Relief Act: The First Step in an Attempt to Provide Relief. 14 UH L. Rev. 889.

Native Hawaiian Entitlement to Sovereignty: An Overview. 17 UH L. Rev. 427.

Courts in the "Age of Reconciliation": Office of Hawaiian Affairs v. HCDCH. 33 UH L. Rev. 503 (2011).

Case Notes

Does not violate 5 of the Admission Act. 921 F.2d 950.

Appellant who contended, among other things, injury by the provisions of article XII of the state constitution and this chapter personally subjecting appellant to racial classification, lacked standing as appellant did not suffer an injury in fact. 342 F.3d 934.

Plaintiff challenging constitutionality of article XII, 5 and 6 of state constitution and this chapter, lacked standing, where plaintiff had not suffered any injury-in-fact. 188 F. Supp. 2d 1233.

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