§107-10  Acquiring of real property; priorapproval.  No real property or any right, title, or interest therein shallbe acquired by agreement, purchase, gift, devise, eminent domain, or otherwise,for any purpose, by the State or any department, agency, board, commission, orofficer thereof, without the prior approval of the attorney general as to form,exceptions, and reservations.  As to property acquired by the University ofHawaii, the attorney general may delegate to the University general counsel theauthority to approve as to form, exceptions, and reservations.  In casesinvolving acquisitions by the University of Hawaii of interests in realproperty that do not require legislative appropriations, the general counselfor the University of Hawaii may give approval as to form, exceptions, andreservations. [L 1959, c 135, §1; Supp, §7-43; HRS §107-10; am L 2001, c 243,§5]