2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 9. PUBLIC PROPERTY, PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING
111. Assistance to Displaced Persons
111-1 Findings and declaration of legislative purpose.
§111-1 Findings and declaration of legislative purpose. The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest that persons lawfully residing on or lawfully occupying real property and displaced by any action undertaken by any state or county governmental agency should be compensated for such displacement under certain circumstances. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of owners, tenants, other persons, and business concerns lawfully residing on or lawfully occupying real property and displaced by the acquisition of real property for public or other purposes in the public interest and by building, zoning, and housing code enforcement activities. [L 1970, c 166, §1; am L 1979, c 54, §1; am L 1987, c 10, §1 and c 162, §1]
Cross References
Dislocated lessees, see §§101-3.5 and 171-142.
Case Notes
Adequate relocation assistance must be provided prior to eviction. 61 H. 144, 598 P.2d 161; 61 H. 156, 598 P.2d 168.
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