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HRS § 1-27 - Citations of laws included in supplements and replacement volumes
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Legislative acts may be cited by chapter or section number in later legislative acts or other proceedings.
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HRS § 1-28 - Service of notice by mail
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If a statute allows notice or legal process to be sent by registered mail, it may instead be sent by certified mail with return receipt requested and delivery only to the addressee.
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HRS § 1-28.5 - Publication of notice
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When a government agency must give public notice, it must use the publication methods listed here; it may also send supplemental notice through Hawaii FYI.
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HRS § 1-29 - Computation of time
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Time is counted by excluding the first day and including the last day, unless the last day falls on a Sunday, holiday, or (when court rules apply) Saturday.
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HRS § 1-3 - Laws not retrospective
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A law does not operate retrospectively unless the text clearly says so or that intent is obvious.
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HRS § 1-30 - Hawaiian standard time applicable
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Covered times under this provision are Hawaiian standard time.
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HRS § 1-31 - Hawaiian standard time; definition; observance
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Hawaiian standard time is defined as ten hours behind Greenwich time, and the whole state and its political subdivisions must observe it annually.
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HRS § 1-32 - Acts to be done on holidays
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A secular act that falls due on a Sunday or holiday may be done on the next business day; if court rules allow, the same applies when the due day is a Saturday.
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HRS § 1-4 - Persons and property subject to laws
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Laws apply to all persons and property within the State’s jurisdiction.
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HRS § 1-4.5 - Cession of concurrent jurisdiction
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Hawaii cedes concurrent legislative jurisdiction to the United States over certain correctional-purpose lands and improvements, but only if the United States accepts it.
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HRS § 1-5 - Contracts in contravention of law
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Private agreements cannot override laws on public order or good morals. Individuals may waive rights given to them by law if no express or implied prohibition applies and the waiver does not harm others or the public good.
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HRS § 1-6 - Prohibitory law, effect
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Acts done in violation of a prohibitory law are void, even if the law does not expressly say so.
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HRS § 1-7 - Repeal of laws
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Laws may be repealed in whole or in part by other laws.
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HRS § 1-8 - No revivor on repeal; exception
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A law repealed by statute does not revive any other repealed law unless revival is clearly stated.
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HRS § 1-9 - Express or implied repeals
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A law is repealed either expressly by a later law or impliedly when the later law conflicts with it.
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HRS § 10-1 - Declaration of purpose
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State departments and instrumentalities that serve programs affecting Native Hawaiians and Hawaiians must work toward the chapter’s goals and cooperate with and assist the Office of Hawaiian Affairs where possible.
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HRS § 10-10 - Administrator; appointment, tenure, removal
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The board must appoint an administrator by majority vote, and may remove the administrator for cause by a two-thirds vote.
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HRS § 10-11 - Salary of the administrator
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The board must set the administrator’s salary, and the salary cannot be higher than the salary of department heads or executive officers established by law. The administrator must also be included in generally applicable State benefit programs.
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HRS § 10-12 - Assistant; staff
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The administrator may hire and keep officers and employees needed for the office, and those workers may be hired outside chapter 76.
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HRS § 10-13 - Appropriations; accounts; reports
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The board’s money must be handled through the director of finance, kept separate from the state treasury, and certain funds must be reported or deposited under special conditions.
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