Constitution — Article X

Full article Ethics rules for government workers

§1 State jobs must be based on merit

§1 Conservation and Development of Resources

§1 Right to organize for collective bargaining

§1 State Boundaries

§1 State must run public schools and can fund some private education

§1 Hawaiian Homes Commission Act is adopted as state law

§1 How to propose changes to the state constitution

§1 Apportionment (obsolete)

§2 Management and Disposal of Natural Resources

§2 Board of Education

§2 Public employees' right to bargain collectively

§2 Retirement System Benefits Are Protected

§2 How long senators elected in 1978 serve

§2 Hawaii's promise to follow the federal compact on Hawaiian home lands

§2 How a constitutional convention is called and run

§2 Honolulu is the state capital

§3 The Hawaiian flag is the official state flag

§3 Board of Education powers

§3 Protecting Agricultural Lands

§3 Hawaiian Home Lands: Adoption and Amendment Rules

§3 How the Legislature Proposes Constitutional Amendments

§3 Ban on holding public office after conviction for overthrow

§4 Oath of Office

§4 Land Banking

§4 State must hold certain lands as a public trust

§4 Term limits for governor and lieutenant governor elected in 1978

§4 Governor cannot veto constitutional amendments

§4 Hawaiian education program

§4 Official languages of Hawaii

§5 Transition; Effective Date

§5 Setting up the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and its trustees

§5 State land rules must be general laws, with one exception

§5 State Motto

§5 State cooperation with other governments

§5 Conflicting constitutional amendments

§5 University of Hawaii is the state university and a public trust

§6 Real property tax rules after the 1978 amendment

§6 State control of ocean and land resources

§6 Federal land in Hawaii stays with the United States

§6 Who runs the University of Hawaii and how

§6 Board of Trustees' powers over Hawaiian lands and money

§7 Protecting traditional Native Hawaiian rights

§7 State's Duty to Protect Hawaii's Water Resources

§7 Two-year terms for board of education members elected in 1978

§7 Trusts on federal lands

§8 Nuclear power and radioactive waste need legislative approval

§8 State agrees to federal rules on land grants

§8 Deadline for setting up the Office of Hawaiian Affairs

§9 What happens to existing laws and legal cases when the constitution is amended

§9 Your right to a clean and healthy environment

§9 Federal property is exempt from state taxes

§10 State takes over territory's debts and money owed to it

§10 National Park

§10 Public Lands for Farms and Homes

§11 Other Qualifications

§11 State agrees to federal court powers and keeps its own

§12 Limits on claiming land by adverse possession

§12 Transition period for the Board of Education

§13 Government writing should be easy to understand

§14 Titles and subtitles cannot be used to interpret the constitution

§15 State's power to promote public welfare

§16 Constitutional rules work on their own