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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 10-1 (2026)

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PART I.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Note

 

  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 of Hawaii and the United States of America as set forth and approved in the Admission Act, established a public trust which includes among other responsibilities, betterment of conditions for native Hawaiians.  The people of the State of Hawaii reaffirmed their solemn trust obligation and responsibility to native Hawaiians and furthermore declared in the state constitution that there be an office of Hawaiian affairs to address the needs of the aboriginal class of people of Hawaii.

     (b)  It shall be the duty and responsibility of all state departments and instrumentalities of state government providing services and programs which affect native Hawaiians and Hawaiians to actively work toward the goals of this chapter and to cooperate with and assist wherever possible the office of Hawaiian affairs. [L 1979, c 196, pt of §2]

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  The Crown Lands Trust:  Who Were, Who Are, the Beneficiaries?  38 UH L. Rev. 213 (2016).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2025 · leading case: Rice v. Cayetano, 528 U.S. 495 (2000).
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Rice v. Cayetano, 528 U.S. 495 (2000). · cites it 2× “See generally Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 10-1 to 10-16. (The 200,000 acres set aside under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act are administered by a separate agency.”
Dao v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 434 P.3d 1223 (Haw. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “See DPPRPP § 10-1. 17 DPPRPP § 10-1.01 provides, in relevant part: *1236 § 10-1.”
Waikiki Resort Hotel, Inc. v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 624 P.2d 1353 (Haw. 1981). “That charter provided in Section 10-1 OS that any member of the city council, who.”
Akina v. Hawaii, 141 F. Supp. 3d 1106 (D. Haw. 2015). · cites it 2× “2 million acres of lands granted to the State pursuant to § 5(b) of the Admission Act, which OHA is to administer ‘for the betterment of the conditions of native Hawaiians,’ Haw. Rev. Stat.”
Rice v. Cayetano, 963 F. Supp. 1547 (D. Haw. 1997). · cites it 2× “HRS §§ 10-1, 10-3. OHA is funded partly by legislative appropriations and partly by a pro rata portion of the receipts from the public lands trust created by the Admission Act.”
Akana v. Hawai'i State Ethics Comm'n. ICA mem. op., filed 01/22/2024 [ada], 153 Haw. 523. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/16/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/10/2024 [ada]. (Haw. 2025). · cites it 4× “See HRS § 10-1(a) (2009). Under article VIII, section 2, political subdivisions “have the power to frame and adopt a charter for [their] own self-government.”
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Akana v. Hawai'i State Ethics Comm'n. ICA mem. op., filed 01/22/2024 [ada], 153 Haw. 523. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/16/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/10/2024 [ada]. (Haw. 2025). “See HRS § 10-1(a) (2009). Under article VIII, section 2, political subdivisions “have the power to frame and adopt a charter for [their] own self-government.”
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