§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.