(a) Auctions. Public notice of any proposed disposition by auction shall be given at least once statewide and once in the county where the land being disposed of is located. Notice of the auction shall contain the following:
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-16
- Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
- county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
- Land: includes all interests therein and natural resources including water, minerals, and all such things connected with land, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
- Land agent: means the land agent of the public lands of the district where the land is situated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
- Land license: means a privilege granted to enter land for a certain special purpose such as the removal of timber, soil, sand, gravel, stone, hapuu, and plants, but not including water rights, ground or surface, nor removal of minerals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Lease: means the right to possess and use land for a term of years. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Within forty-five days after the closing date for applications, the board shall select those qualified to participate in the drawing, notify all applicants as to whether or not they qualified, and conduct the drawing.
The notice of selection of applicants qualified to participate in the drawing, together with the notice of drawing, shall be mailed to each applicant, whether or not the applicant, in fact, qualified. The notice of the drawing shall state the time and place of the drawing. Upon completion of the drawing, the award shall be announced within one week, and the lease or patent issued within ninety days after the drawing or when the conditions of the sale are fulfilled.
(c) Negotiation. Public notice of a proposed disposition by negotiation shall be given at least once statewide and once in the county where the land being disposed of is located; provided that the notices are not required for permits, and dispositions of remnants. The notice shall invite proposals and state in general terms the size, location, and prices or rental of lots to be sold or leased, the terms of sale or lease, and the last date on which application will be received by the board, which date shall not be less than thirty days after the last date of the notice. The notice shall also state the times and places at which more detailed information with respect to the sale or lease may be secured by interested persons.
(d) Exchanges; quitclaim; submerged and reclaimed lands; reservations and easements. Whenever it is proposed to exchange public lands for private land pursuant to § 171-50, quitclaim public land or any interests of the State in private land pursuant to § 171-51, dispose of submerged or reclaimed public land pursuant to subsections (b) and (d) of § 171-53, dispose of a land license by negotiation pursuant to § 171-54, or dispose of reserved rights and easements pursuant to § 171-57, public notice of the disposition shall be given at least once statewide and once in the county where the land or other interests being disposed of are located. The notice shall state in general terms the size and location of the public lands proposed to be disposed.
(e) In addition to giving public notice, any public notice required under this section shall also be posted on the Internet in an easily-located manner.
