Ā§171-18 Ā Public land trust.Ā  Allfunds derived from the sale or lease or other disposition of public lands shallbe appropriated by the laws of the State; provided that all proceeds and incomefrom the sale, lease, or other disposition of lands ceded to the United Statesby the Republic of Hawaii under the joint resolution of annexation, approvedJuly 7, 1898 (30 Stat. 750), or acquired in exchange for lands so ceded, andreturned to the State of Hawaii by virtue of section 5(b) of the Act of March18, 1959 (73 Stat. 6), and all proceeds and income from the sale, lease orother disposition of lands retained by the United States under sections 5(c)and 5(d) of the Act and later conveyed to the State under section 5(e) shall beheld as a public trust for the support of the public schools and other publiceducational institutions, for the betterment of the conditions of nativeHawaiians as defined in the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended,for the development of farm and home ownership on as widespread a basis aspossible, for the making of public improvements, and for the provision of landsfor public use. [L 1962, c 32, pt of Ā§2; Supp, 103A-18; HRS Ā§171-18]

 

Cross References

 

Ā  Act of March 18, 1959 is the Hawaii Admission Act, see volume1.

 

Attorney General Opinions

 

Ā  Provides that ceded or public trust land may be alienated.Ā Att. Gen. Op. 95-3.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

Ā  Hawaii's Ceded Lands, Comment, 3 UH L. Rev. 101.

 

Case Notes

 

Ā  Former similar law cited:Ā  40 H. 675, 686.