THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
ARTICLE XVIII - IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE AND EFFECTIVE DATES
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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
As Amended and in Force January 1, 2000
ARTICLE XVIII
SCHEDULE
DISTRICTING AND APPORTIONMENT
Section 1. [Omitted as obsolete. For current plan, see the
1991 Report and Reapportionment Plan submitted to the lieutenant
governor.]
1978 SENATORIAL ELECTIONS
Section 2. Article III, Section 4, to the contrary
notwithstanding, the terms of office of the members of the senate
elected in the 1978 general election shall be as follows: members
of the senate shall be divided into two classes. The first class
shall consist of the following number elected with the highest
number of votes from their respective senatorial districts:
first district, one; second district, one; third district, one;
fourth district, two; fifth district, two; sixth district, two;
seventh district, two; eighth district, one. Members of the
first class shall hold office for a term of four years beginning
with their election and ending on the day of the second general
election held thereafter. The remaining members elected shall
constitute the second class and shall hold office for a term of
two years beginning with their election and ending on the day of
the next general election held thereafter. [Add Const Con 1978
and election Nov 7, 1978]
SALARIES OF LEGISLATORS
Section 3. Until otherwise provided by law in accordance
with Section 9 of Article III, the salary of each member of the
legislature shall be twelve thousand dollars a year. [Ren and am
Const Con 1968 and election Nov 5, 1968; ren and am Const Con
1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]
EFFECTIVE DATE FOR TERM LIMITATIONS FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Section 4. The amendments to Sections 1 and 2 of Article V
shall limit the term of any person elected to the office of
governor or lieutenant governor in the 1978 general election to
two consecutive full terms commencing from noon on the first
Monday in December, 1978. [Add Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7,
1978]
JUDICIARY: TRANSITION; EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 5. The three members initially appointed to the
judicial selection commission by the governor shall serve for
terms of two, four and six years respectively. The members
initially appointed to the commission by the president of the
senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall
serve for two years. The two members initially appointed to the
commission by the chief justice of the supreme court shall serve
terms of four and six years respectively. The two members
initially elected to the commission by the members of the bar of
the State shall serve for terms of four and six years
respectively. The current terms of justices and judges in office
shall terminate as heretofore provided by law, subject to earlier
termination and removal as provided in Article VI. The
amendments to Article VI shall take effect upon ratification.
The judicial selection commission shall be created no later than
April 1, 1979. [Add Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]
EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION OF REAL
PROPERTY TAX TRANSFER
Section 6. The amendment to Section 3 of Article VIII shall
take effect on the first day of July after two full calendar
years have elapsed following the ratification of such amendment
[November 7, 1978]; provided that for a period of eleven years
following such ratification, the policies and methods of
assessing real property taxes shall be uniform throughout the
State and shall be established by agreement of a majority of the
political subdivisions. Each political subdivision shall enact
such uniform policies and methods of assessment by ordinance
before the effective date of this amendment [July 1, 1981], and
in the event the political subdivisions fail to enact such
ordinances, the uniform policies and methods of assessment shall
be established by general law. Any amendments to the uniform
policies and methods of assessment established by the political
subdivisions may only be made by agreement of a majority of the
political subdivisions and enactment thereof by ordinance in each
political subdivision
Real property tax exemptions and dedications of land for
specific use for assessment at its value in such use as provided
by law and in effect upon ratification of the amendment to
Section 3 of Article VIII [November 7, 1978] shall be enacted by
ordinance and shall not be eliminated or diminished for a period
of eleven years following such ratification; provided that
increases in such exemptions, or the additions of new and further
exemptions or dedications of lands, may be established or granted
only by agreement of a majority of the political subdivisions,
and such increases or additions shall be enacted by ordinance in
each political subdivision. [Add Const Con 1978 and election
Nov 7, 1978]
1978 BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTIONS
Section 7. Members elected to the board of education in the
1978 general election shall serve for two-year terms. [Add Const
Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]
EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Section 8. The legislature shall provide for the
implementation of the amendments to Article XII in Sections 5 and
6 on or before the first general election following ratification
of the amendments to Article XII in Sections 5 and 6. [Add Const
Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]
CONTINUITY OF LAWS
Section 9. All laws in force at the time amendments to this
constitution take effect that are not inconsistent with the
constitution as amended shall remain in force, mutatis mutandis,
until they expire by their own limitations or are amended or
repealed by the legislature.
Except as otherwise provided by amendments to this
constitution, all existing writs, actions, suits, proceedings,
civil or criminal liabilities, prosecutions, judgments,
sentences, orders, decrees, appeals, causes of action, contracts,
claims, demands, titles and rights shall continue unaffected
notwithstanding the taking effect of the amendments and may be
maintained, enforced or prosecuted, as the case may be, before
the appropriate or corresponding tribunals or agencies of or
under the State or of the United States, in all respects as fully
as could have been done prior to the taking effect of the
amendments. [Ren and am Const Con 1968 and election Nov 5, 1968;
ren Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]
DEBTS
Section 10. The debts and liabilities of the Territory
shall be assumed and paid by the State, and all debts owed to the
Territory shall be collected by the State. [Ren Const Con 1968
and election Nov 5, 1968; ren Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7,
1978]
RESIDENCE, OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Section 11. Requirements as to residence, citizenship or
other status or qualifications in or under the State prescribed
by this constitution shall be satisfied pro tanto by
corresponding residence, citizenship or other status or
qualifications in or under the Territory. [Ren Const Con 1968 and
election Nov 5, 1968; ren Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7,
1978]
EFFECTIVE DATE
This constitution shall take effect and be in full force
immediately upon the admission of Hawaii into the Union as a
State. Done in Convention, at Iolani Palace, Honolulu, Hawaii,
on the twenty-second day of July, in the year one thousand nine
hundred fifty and of the Independence of the United States of
America the one hundred and seventy-fifth.
