§13D-1 - Board of trustees; number; composition. - Hawaii Statutes

     §13D-1  Board of trustees; number; composition.  The board of trustees shall be composed of nine members elected at-large by qualified voters in the State.  Of the nine members to be elected one shall reside on the island of Hawaii; one shall reside on the island of Maui; and one shall reside on the island of Molokai; one shall reside on the island of Kauai; and one shall reside on the island of Oahu. [L 1979, c 196, pt of §8; am L 2001, c 55, §3]

 

Cross References

 

  Constitutional provision, see Const. art. XII, §5.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  To Dwell on the Earth in Unity:  Rice, Arakaki, and the Growth of Citizenship and Voting Rights in Hawai‘i.  V HBJ No. 13, at pg. 15.

  The California Civil Rights Initiative:  Why It's Here, Its Far Reaching Effects, and the Unique Situation in Hawai`i.  22 UH L. Rev. 279.

  Matters of Trust:  Unanswered Questions After Rice v. Cayetano.  23 UH L. Rev. 363.

  Doe v. Kamehameha Schools:  A "Discrete and Insular Minority" in Hawai‘i Seventy Years After Carolene Products?  30 UH L. Rev. 295.

Case Notes

 

  State's electoral restriction enacted a race-based voting qualification; Hawaii's denial of petitioner's right to vote, where petitioner was not a "Hawaiian", was a clear violation of the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  528 U.S. 495.