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The Hawaii Constitution was framed by a Constitutional Convention under Act 334, Session Laws of Hawaii 1949. It was adopted by popular ballot on November 7, 1950, and was deemed amended when three propositions submitted to the people—in accordance with the Act of the U.S. Congress approved March 18, 1959 [6] —were adopted by the people on June 27, 1959.
State, but acknowledged the State's obligation: “it is incumbent upon the legislature to enact legislation that gives effect to the rights of native Hawaiians to benefit from the ceded lands trust.” [23] In 2006, the Legislature passed Act 178, which established the interim revenue to be transferred to OHA annually as $15.1 million. [24]
Constitution of Hawaii; 0–9. ... 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention This page was last edited on 19 May 2021, at 02:58 (UTC). Text ...
Dec. 1—In 1998, 69 % of Hawaii residents supported a constitutional amendment that marriage should be reserved only for opposite-sex genders. Today same-sex marriages have about 70 % support ...
The 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention is considered the watershed political event in the modern State of Hawaii. [1] It was convened on July 5, 1978. The convention established term limits for state office holders, provided a requirement for an annual balanced budget, laid the groundwork for the return of federal land such as the island of Kahoʻolawe, and created the Office of ...
Rejecting a challenge to the state's strict gun laws, the court is openly contemptuous of Second Amendment precedents. Hawaii's Supreme Court Insists There Is No Individual Right to Arms Skip to ...
The title of the state constitution is The Constitution of the State of Hawaii. Article XV, Section 1 of the Constitution uses The State of Hawaii . [ 27 ] Diacritics were not used because the document, drafted in 1949, [ 28 ] predates the use of the ʻokina ʻ and the kahakō in modern Hawaiian orthography.
"We believe government officials should be held to the highest ethical standards as required by Article 14 of the Hawaii State Constitution," Simmons said. Article XIV of the state Constitution ...