HRS §101-53
When the government can take property already used for public purposes
This section says that if the government wants to take property that is already being used for a public purpose, it must show that the new use is more necessary than the current use. The government has to prove this before it can acquire the property.
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The statute, as written — Property already appropriated to a public purpose
Whenever the public property sought to be acquired has already been appropriated to some public purpose, in order that the property be acquired by the petitioner it must appear that the use to which the property is sought to be put is more necessary than the purpose to which it has already been appropriated.
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