Hawaii Native Hawaiian Traditional & Customary Rights (Hawaii Const. Art. XII §7) (HI)
Tracked preemption from the Hawaii overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1978-11-07
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:HI
Other Hawaii preemptions
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Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
always true
Preempted fields
2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
review_type | add | ka_pa_akai_analysis | All agency decisions affecting land must perform Ka Pa'akai analysis (PASH/Ka Pa'akai v. LUC, 94 Haw. 31) to assess impacts on Native Hawaiian traditional & customary rights |
kuleana_access_preserved | override | True | Kuleana parcels and access rights preserved; cannot be extinguished by zoning |
Citation
Authority source
Hawaii Constitution Article XII §7; HRS §1-1, §7-1; Public Access Shoreline Hawaii v. Hawaii County Planning Commission (PASH), 79 Haw. 425 (1995); Ka Pa'akai O Ka 'Aina v. LUC, 94 Haw. 31 (2000)
§ Const. Art. XII §7 — Traditional and customary rights
Research notes
Const. Art. XII §7 protects Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices (gathering, religious, access) on undeveloped or partially-developed lands. PASH and Ka Pa'akai decisions require agencies — including LUC, BLNR, and county planning commissions — to make on-the-record findings about (1) identity of practices, (2) extent to which the proposed action will impact them, (3) feasible action to protect them. Procedural overlay; failure to perform Ka Pa'akai analysis is reversible error.