HRS §39-73
State departments do not need extra permits for projects
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that when a state department works on a project under this part, it does not have to get special permission from other state or local agencies. It can build, buy, improve, and run the project without those extra approvals.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Consent of governmental agencies
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
It shall not be necessary for any department proceeding pursuant to this part to obtain any certificate of convenience or necessity, franchise, license, permit, or other authorization from any bureau, board, commission, or other like instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions in order to acquire, construct, purchase, reconstruct, improve, better, extend, maintain, and operate an undertaking.
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