MCC §14.48.030
County must own or be taking the land before signing a construction contract
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗Before the county signs a construction contract, it must already own the land needed for the work, or it must have started a legal taking (condemnation) and gotten a court order letting it use the land. This is a narrow rule about when the county can sign such contracts.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Acquisition of land—Required for construction contract
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.
No construction contract shall be executed on behalf of the county until land and
other interests in real property required for performance of work under such contract
have either been acquired or a condemnation action commenced to acquire same and an
effective order of possession issued pursuant to either section 101-28 or 101-29 of
the Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes.
(Ord. 801 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 25-6.1.2)
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗as published Nov 21, 2025our copy taken Aug 21, 2026
Published by the County of Maui through Municode.
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