Constitution — Article XVI

§1 State jobs must be based on merit

§1 How to propose changes to the state constitution

§1 Apportionment (obsolete)

§2 Retirement System Benefits Are Protected

§2 How a constitutional convention is called and run

§2 How long senators elected in 1978 serve

§3 How the Legislature Proposes Constitutional Amendments

§3 Ban on holding public office after conviction for overthrow

§4 Oath of Office

§4 Governor cannot veto constitutional amendments

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

§5 Conflicting constitutional amendments

§5 Transition; Effective Date

§5 State cooperation with other governments

§6 Federal land in Hawaii stays with the United States

§6 Real property tax rules after the 1978 amendment

§7 Trusts on federal lands

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

§8 Deadline for setting up the Office of Hawaiian Affairs

§8 State agrees to federal rules on land grants

§9 Federal property is exempt from state taxes

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

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

§10 National Park

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

§11 Other Qualifications

§12 Transition period for the Board of Education

§12 Limits on claiming land by adverse possession

§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