MCC §14.01.070

Native Hawaiian water rights

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This section says that the county water rules in this title do not change or reduce water rights that Native Hawaiians already have under state law. Those rights include water from the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act and traditional uses for subsistence, culture, and religion.

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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Native Hawaiian water rights

A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Maui County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Article 1 of this title shall not be construed to amend or modify rights or entitlements to water as provided for in section 221 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, and native Hawaiian rights customarily and traditionally exercised for subsistence, cultural, and religious purposes in accordance with article XII, section 7, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii. (Ord. 3514 § 1, 2007)

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