§1-2 Certain laws not obligatory
until published. No written law, unless otherwise specifically provided by
legislative enactment, except general or special appropriation acts, loan fund
acts, pension acts, and franchise acts, shall be obligatory without first being
printed and made public. General or special appropriation acts, loan fund
acts, pension acts, and franchise acts, whether affecting state funds or the
funds of county or other municipal subdivisions or commissions, shall become
operative according to their respective terms. [CC 1859, §1; RL 1925, §3; RL
1935, §3; am L 1935, c 10, §2; RL 1945, §3; RL 1955, §1-3; HRS §1-2]
Case Notes
Prior to amendment spelling out that legislature may provide
a different effective date, statute was so interpreted. 29 H. 250, 255. See
37 H. 260.
Under article III, section 16, of the Constitution, a law may
become applicable from the time the governor approves it. 59 H. 430, 583 P.2d
955.
Notes of Decisions
Coon v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 47 P.3d 348 (Haw. 2002).
· cites it 11× “2 (1991) 5 mandates that the City proceed with condemnation within twelve months of designation; and (4) the circuit court erred in ruling that the City did not violate Rules § 1-2 (1993) 6 and ROH ch. 38 by qualifying as applicants for lease-to-fee conversion cer *239 tain…”
City & Cnty. of Honolulu v. Hsiung, 124 P.3d 434 (Haw. 2005).
· cites it 19× “4(c) and DCS Rules §§ 1-2, 1-5, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-10, 2-13, and 2-15, the City has determined that the owner-occupant applicants have satisfied the qualifications for purchase of their respective percentage in the leased fee interest under ROH § 38-2.”
City & Cnty. of Honolulu v. Ing, 58 P.3d 1229 (Haw. 2002).
· cites it 8× “38, because it did not adopt any rules defining the elements of proof necessary to establish “residency” and “possessory control”; (3) the City violated Rules § 1-2 (1993) 3 and ROH ch. 38 by qualifying as applicants for lease-to-fee conversion certain trastees who held then-…”
Peer News LLC v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu., 376 P.3d 1 (Haw. 2016).
· cites it 2× “Laws, Act 121, §§ 1-2, at 333-35. In arguing that the 2014 legislative history supports its position, Civil Beat notes that the Conference Committee “rejected the House’s effort to address police suspensions by statute.”
State v. Pacquing., 297 P.3d 188 (Haw. 2013).
· cites it 4× “Laws Act 65, §§ 1-2 at 146- 47; see also Hawaii Anti-Phishing Task Force, Report on 10 The dissent concludes that Pacquing did not “possess” Complainant’s confidential personal information because the information was not recorded in writing or digitally.”
Sierra Club v. Castle & Cooke Homes Hawai'i, Inc., 320 P.3d 849 (Haw. 2013).
· cites it 4× “Laws Act 205, §§ 1-2 at 315-19 (clarifying Act 187, retaining six vote requirement for boundary amendments and amending special permit approval to require majority approval).”
Foytik v. Chandler, 966 P.2d 619 (Haw. 1998).
· cites it 2× “Act 166, §§ 1-2 at 277-82. The Act provides in relevant part: SECTION 1.”
Yin v. Aguiar., 463 P.3d 911 (Haw. 2020).
· cites it 2× “Laws §§ 1-2, at 72; 1856 Sess. Laws §§ 5-8, at 50-51; 1859 Civ.”
Taomae v. Lingle, 118 P.3d 1188 (Haw. 2005).
“Act 60, §§ 1-2 at 301. On March 31, 2004, H.B. 2789, H.”
Kamalu v. Paren, Inc., 132 P.3d 378 (Haw. 2006).
· cites it 2× “Act 212, §§ 1-2 at 270-71 (codified as amended at HRS § 607-24) [hereinafter, “the second sentence”].”
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