Const. Art. XVI, §8
State agrees to federal rules on land grants
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says Hawaii and its people fully agree to the conditions in the 1959 federal law that gave land to the state. It accepts any rights or powers the United States kept in that law. This is a formal consent to the terms of the land grant.
state agencies
The constitution, as written — Of Undisposed Lands
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.
All provisions of the Act of Congress approved March 18, 1959 reserving rights or powers to the United States, as well as those prescribing the terms or conditions of the grants of lands or other property therein made to the State of Hawaii are consented to fully by the State and its people. [Am 73 Stat 4 and election June 27, 1959; ren Const Con 1968 and election Nov 5, 1968; ren and am Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978] Case Notes By section, continuance of C.A.B. jurisdiction over air commerce during transitional period was accepted by State; arrangement not unconstitutional. 44 H. 634, 361 P.2d 390.
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