Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 184-21

  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.

Those provisions of various Acts of Congress authorizing the acquisition of private lands for purposes of the Hawaii National Park and City of Refuge National Historical Park by exchanges or otherwise, such exchanges not to be limited by restrictions of the land laws of the State of Hawaii, or authorizing the governor of Hawaii to acquire and convey to the United States lands and interests in lands, which provisions are “Territorial laws” pursuant to section 15 of Public Law 86-3 of the 86th Congress, are hereby ratified and adopted as laws of the State of Hawaii without any termination or expiration date.