§23G-20  Continuous statutory revision. The revisor of statutes shall conduct a systematic and continuing study of thelaws of Hawaii for the purpose of reducing their number and bulk, removinginconsistencies, redundancies, unnecessary repetitions and otherwise improvingtheir clarity.  For these purposes the revisor shall:

(1)  Prepare and submit to the legislature, prior toeach regular session thereof, a report as to defects in the laws and statutesof Hawaii, and draft in the form of bills and resolutions proposed legislationto carry out the recommendations contained in the report;

(2)  Prepare for submission to the legislature, fromtime to time, a rewriting and revision, either complete, partial, or topical ofthe laws of Hawaii. [L Sp 1977 1st, c 8, pt of §1]

 

Case Notes

 

  Revised laws, when enacted, have same validity as any newenactment though from standpoint of interpretation they are construed ascontinuations of previously existing laws.  283 F.2d 86.

  Revised laws may be enacted by a separate short act, and suchenactment gives force of law to provisions that may constitutionally be enactedin form contained therein, even if derived from an unconstitutional statute. 17 H. 566; 25 H. 638, 640.

  Statutes carried into a revision retained their originaleffect unless legislative intent to make a change is clear.  23 H. 91, 95; 28H. 744, 751; 29 H. 820, 824.  This is particularly true where statute has beenconstrued before its incorporation into the revision.  23 H. 91, 95.  See also24 H. 258, 262.

  Section of revised laws construed by reference to originalact though portions of the section as originally enacted omitted from revisedlaws.  33 H. 915, 916.