Const. Art. VIII, §4
Accrued Claims
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This is a narrow constitutional rule about old debts. It says the state cannot pass a law forcing a county or other local government to pay a bill or claim that was already owed before the law was made.
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The constitution, as written — Accrued Claims
A copy, taken August 21, 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.
No law shall be passed mandating any political subdivision to pay any previously accrued claim. [Ren Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978] Case Notes Cited: 50 H. 277, 439 P.2d 206.
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