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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 13D-1 (2025)

Board of trustees; number; composition

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     §13D-1  Board of trustees; number; composition.  The board of trustees shall be composed of nine members elected at-large by qualified voters in the State.  Of the nine members to be elected one shall reside on the island of Hawaii; one shall reside on the island of Maui; and one shall reside on the island of Molokai; one shall reside on the island of Kauai; and one shall reside on the island of Oahu. [L 1979, c 196, pt of §8; am L 2001, c 55, §3]

 

Cross References

 

  Constitutional provision, see Const. art. XII, §5.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  To Dwell on the Earth in Unity:  Rice, Arakaki, and the Growth of Citizenship and Voting Rights in Hawai‘i.  V HBJ No. 13, at pg. 15.

  The California Civil Rights Initiative:  Why It's Here, Its Far Reaching Effects, and the Unique Situation in Hawai`i.  22 UH L. Rev. 279.

  Matters of Trust:  Unanswered Questions After Rice v. Cayetano.  23 UH L. Rev. 363.

  Doe v. Kamehameha Schools:  A "Discrete and Insular Minority" in Hawai‘i Seventy Years After Carolene Products?  30 UH L. Rev. 295.

Case Notes

 

  State's electoral restriction enacted a race-based voting qualification; Hawaii's denial of petitioner's right to vote, where petitioner was not a "Hawaiian", was a clear violation of the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  528 U.S. 495.

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2000–2000 · 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× “XII, § 5; see Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 13D-1, 13D-3(b)(1) (1993).”
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