HRS §49-23
Counties do not need state permits for projects
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗A county does not have to get a certificate, license, permit, or other approval from a state agency to build, buy, improve, or run a project or start a loan program. State agencies still keep their usual powers and duties.
counties
The statute, as written — Consent of state 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 county proceeding under this chapter 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 in order to acquire, construct, purchase, reconstruct, improve, better, extend, maintain, and operate an undertaking or undertake the establishment of loan programs, but the powers and duties of the bureau, board, commission, or instrumentality shall continue as heretofore.
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