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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 142-1 (2026)
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PART I. ANIMAL DISEASES AND QUARANTINE
§142-1 Information and statistics. The department of agriculture and biosecurity shall gather, compile, and tabulate, from time to time information and statistics concerning domestic animals in the State, their protection and use, inquire into and report upon the causes of contagious, infectious and communicable diseases among them, and the means for the prevention, suppression, and cure of the same. [L 1905, c 82, pt of §4; RL 1925, §607; RL 1935, §202; am L 1941, c 228, §2; RL 1945, §1051; RL 1955, §20-1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §142-1; am L 2025, c 236, §17]
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cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1968–2025 · leading case: Gold Coast Neighborhood Ass'n v. State., 403 P.3d 214 (Haw. 2017).
Gold Coast Neighborhood Ass'n v. State., 403 P.3d 214 (Haw. 2017). “We considered that “[a]lthough a seawall is not expressly mentioned in the above enumeration, it can be fairly implied that a seawall such as that which is in question here which is used as a public thoroughfare is included in the term ‘public highwasy’ [sic].”
Application of Banning, 832 P.2d 724 (Haw. 1992). “2d 580 (1970), a seawall used by the public as a thoroughfare was considered to fit within the definition of “public highway” although it was not expressly defined as such in the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955, § 142-1, which was the predecessor to the present HRS § 264 — 1.”
Wemple ex rel. Dang v. Dahman, 72 P.3d 499 (Haw. App. 2002). “1955, § 142-1). The ownership of all such “public highways” was to be in the Hawaiian Government in fee simple.”
Application of Kelley, 445 P.2d 538 (Haw. 1968). “1955, § 142-1). The ownership of all such “public highways” was to be in the Hawaiian Government in' fee simple.”
Burke v. Kakaako Land Co., LLC (Haw. App. 2025). “In response, the supreme court stated that although seawalls were not mentioned in RLH § 142-1 (1955) (relating to highways, sidewalks, parks, and streets), "it can be fairly implied that a seawall such as that which is in question here which is used as a public thoroughfare is…”
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