§183-14  Vested rights protected. Nothing in sections 183-11 to 183-13 contained shall be held in any way tointerfere or conflict with any vested rights under or arising out of any grant,lease, or license of or concerning any government lands or water rights, orrights-of-way.  Nor shall anything in such sections contained be construed tochange any rights in or concerning any water upon or flowing from or throughany land set apart or surrendered as a forest reserve, or as depriving orlimiting any state officer from exercising any existing power or authority orany power which may hereafter be created to deal with such water or waterrights, or rights-of-way. [L 1903, c 44, §10; RL 1925, §592; RL 1935, §181; RL1945, §1016; RL 1955, §19-4; HRS §183-14; am L 1988, c 337, §6]