2015 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. Office of Hawaiian Affairs

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONSPART II. REVENUE BONDSPART 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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