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HI Rev Stat § 264-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-23 Duties of director.

 §264-23 Duties of director. The director of transportation shall:  (1) Select, designate, acquire, or lay out, in compliance with the requirements of the Federal Highway Act, a system or systems of highways in the State, upon which federal-aid funds may or are to be expended, together with state or county funds, or both;  (2) Alter, modify, revise, or acquire new or additional real property interests in support of the system or systems or any portion or portions thereof, to such extent as may be required by the administrator under the Federal Highway Act; provided the alteration, modification, revision, or acquisition of new or additional real property interests is not forbidden by the laws of the State and exempt from any county subdivision ordinances;  (3) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit for approval to the administrator, in conformity with the Federal Highway Act, project statements setting forth proposed construction or reconstruction of any highway or portion thereof upon which federal-aid funds are proposed or desired to be expended in connection with local funds; and upon approval of any of the project statements, in conformity with the Federal Highway Act, prepare or cause to be prepared, and submit for approval to the administrator, the surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for the project embraced by the statement, or any portion thereof, that the administrator may require;  (4) Subject to the approval of the administrator, and in conformity with the Federal Highway Act, on behalf of the State, undertake, and enter into contracts for, the construction of the federal-aid projects, and the expenditure of federal-aid funds, together with local funds, upon the projects, and supervise the construction of the projects; and  (5) Undertake and perform any and all acts that are necessary or proper for the purpose of complying with the Federal Highway Act and securing the benefits of federal-aid for highways which the State is eligible to receive under the Federal Highway Act.  The director may designate in writing a qualified subordinate who may sign vouchers, make routine reports, and perform any other routine duties that the director may deem necessary to delegate. All acts of the subordinate shall be performed under the direction of the director, who shall be responsible therefor. [L 1929, c 53, pt of §1; RL 1935, §1712; RL 1945, §4963; am L 1947, c 180, §2; RL 1955, §111-3; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; HRS §264-23; am L 2008, c 12, §2] Cross References  Functions, generally, see §26-19.
HI Rev Stat § 264-24 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-24 Powers of director.

 §264-24 Powers of director. The director of transportation shall have any powers which may be necessary for the full and effective performance and discharge of the duties imposed upon the director by this part or which may be necessary fully and completely to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this part.  The director may, on behalf of the State, with the approval of the governor, accept donations of land, money, or other property for deposit in the state highway fund or for any purpose of this part, upon such terms and conditions as are acceptable to the director, and not inconsistent with the proper discharge of the director's duties and functions or prejudicial to the obtaining of the federal-aid funds payable to the State without such donations. [L 1929, c 53, pt of §1; RL 1935, §1713; RL 1945, §4964; am L 1947, c 73, §4; RL 1955, §111-4; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; HRS §264-24; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 264-25 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-25 Signs and markings on federal-aid highways.

 §264-25 Signs and markings on federal-aid highways. On any federal-aid highway, the location, form, and character of informational, regulatory, and warning guideposts, direction boards, signs, curb, and pavement or other markings, and traffic signals, installed or placed by or under the authority of any county, shall be subject to the approval of the director of transportation or the director's authorized representative. The director shall exercise the authority conferred upon the director in such manner as to protect and promote the securing of federal-aid for highways. [L 1945, c 172, §1; RL 1955, §111-5; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; HRS §264-25; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 264-26 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-26 Combination of federal and state funds.

 §264-26 Combination of federal and state funds. (a) Every agreement for the engineering or construction of federal-aid highways or for the acquisition of rights-of-way for these highways shall be made on behalf of the State by the director of transportation. Section 103D-309 shall apply only to that portion of the price that is payable out of local funds. As to that portion of the price that is payable out of federal-aid funds, the agreement is that the State will pay the contractor only out of federal funds actually received for that portion of the project and is not a general agreement on the part of the State to pay that portion out of any other funds. Each agreement shall be deemed to contain a provision to that effect whether specifically included or not.  (b) Any moneys appropriated for the State's share of the price or any moneys in the state highway fund created by section 248-8, in the discretion of the director, may be drawn upon to advance the federal share of payments:  (1) Earned by contractors on federal-aid projects for completed portions of the work; or  (2) Due the owners for property conveyed by them, where the necessary federal-aid moneys are not immediately forthcoming; provided that the appropriation or fund, as applicable, shall be reimbursed for the advances when federal-aid moneys are received. [L 1929, c 53, pt of §1; am L 1933, c 77, §1; RL 1935, §1714; RL 1945, §4965; RL 1955, §111-6; am L 1967, c 116, §1; HRS §264-26; am L Sp 1993, c 8, §20; am L 2020, c 70, §15]
HI Rev Stat § 264-27 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-27 REPEALED.

 §264-27 REPEALED. L 1979, c 165, §1.
HI Rev Stat § 264-28 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-28 Federal-aid projects; mandatory on council.

 §264-28 Federal-aid projects; mandatory on council. Whenever appropriations are made by the legislature for the construction or reconstruction of any highway or portion thereof, the director of transportation, in the absence of any provisions to the contrary in the act making the appropriation or in any other state laws applicable thereto, and in case the highway is eligible for federal aid and the director deems such course advisable, may, subject to the approval of the administrator, construct such highway as a federal-aid project and contract for it in accordance with the provisions of this part and of the Federal Highway Act. If any appropriation made by the legislature for the construction or reconstruction of any highway or any portion thereof is required by the act making the appropriation to be expended by the council of a particular county, the director may, in the absence of any specific provision to the contrary in the act making such appropriation, subject to the approval of the governor, designate such highway as a federal-aid project; and the council, upon that designation, shall place the appropriation in the control and at the disposal of the director for the purpose of constructing the highway or portion thereof as a federal-aid project, and the director shall proceed to construct such highway as a federal-aid project and to contract for it in accordance with this part and the Federal Highway Act. [L 1929, c 53, pt of §1; am L 1931, c 95, §1; RL 1935, §1715; RL 1945, §4967; RL 1955, §111-8; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; HRS §264-28; gen ch 1985] Revision Note  References to "council" substituted for "board of supervisors" to conform to county charters.
HI Rev Stat § 264-29 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-29 Council's authority.

 §264-29 Council's authority. The council of a county, by resolution adopted in the manner required by law relating to resolutions involving the expenditure of public money, may place under the control and at the disposal of the director of transportation any funds of the county expendable for construction or reconstruction of highways within the county for the purpose of securing or attempting to secure federal aid for the construction or reconstruction, as a federal-aid project, of any highway or portion thereof eligible for federal aid within the county. The council, whenever an appropriation for the construction of any highway or portion thereof lying within the system or systems of highways eligible for federal aid, as designated from time to time by the governor and the administrator under the provisions of the Federal Highway Act, as amended, is made by it, by resolution shall place the appropriation under the control of the director for the purpose of constructing the highway or portion thereof as a federal-aid project.  The council, by the resolution, shall also grant the director of transportation exemptions from county subdivision requirements in order to expedite and make efficient the expenditure of public money. [L 1929, c 53, pt of §1; am L 1931, c 95, §2; RL 1935, §1716; RL 1945, §4968; RL 1955, §111-9; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; HRS §264-29; am L 2008, c 12, §3] Revision Note  References to "council" substituted for "board of supervisors" to conform to county charters.
HI Rev Stat § 264-30 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-30 Transfers of county funds.

 §264-30 Transfers of county funds. If any funds for highways are placed at the disposal of the director of transportation by the council of any county under the provisions of section 264-28 or 264-29, these funds, if not already in the treasury of the State, or under the immediate control of the proper officers of the State, shall be paid by the county into the treasury of the State for the purpose specified, and shall thereafter be expendable only by the director for the purpose upon warrants drawn by the comptroller based upon vouchers approved by the director.  If the funds are not wholly expended for such project, or if for any reason the project fails to become a federal-aid project, the director shall certify such fact to the comptroller and director of finance of the State and to the council of the county concerned, and such funds or the unexpended balance thereof, as the case may be, shall, upon the certification immediately resume the former status thereof, and shall be retransferred to the proper fund, or to the county, as the case may be, to which it formerly belonged. [L 1929, c 53, pt of §1; RL 1935, §1717; RL 1945, §4969; RL 1955, §111-10; am L 1957, c 152, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, § §14, 26; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §264-30] Revision Note  References to "council" substituted for "board of supervisors" to conform to county charters.
HI Rev Stat § 264-31 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-31 Maintenance of federal-aid highways.

 §264-31 Maintenance of federal-aid highways. (a) The maintenance work on all roads upon which federal-aid funds have been expended shall be performed under the direction and supervision of the director of transportation either by public employment or by contract, or the director may have the work performed by the county road department, by public employment or by contract, upon authorization of the council of the county concerned. Expenditures for the maintenance work shall be made from the state highway fund created by section 248-8.  (b) All maintenance work shall consider the extent to which work undertaken will increase traffic congestion and the director shall ensure that action is taken to reasonably minimize any adverse impact. The feasibility of off-hour maintenance work shall be considered for all maintenance work that results in significant traffic congestion or delay.  (c) As used in this section, "off-hour maintenance work" means maintenance work performed between the hours of six o'clock p.m. and six o'clock a.m. [L 1929, c 53, pt of §1; RL 1935, §1720; RL 1945, §4972; am L 1945, c 82, §2; RL 1955, §111-11; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; HRS §264-31; am L 1992, c 42, §2] Revision Note  References to "council" substituted for "board of supervisors" to conform to county charters.
HI Rev Stat § 264-32 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-32 Utility facility defined.

 §264-32 Utility facility defined. The term "utility facility" wherever used in section 264-33 means and includes any of the following: any surface, underground, or overhead water mains, fire hydrants, gas mains, sewer mains, pipes (including fuel oil lines), conduits, utility holes, poles, wires, cables, lines, street lighting structures, or other structures or equipment, and the appurtenances thereto, owned by any privately owned public utility or by any county or by any police department or board of water supply of a county and used in connection with the producing or the furnishing of water, gas, light, electric power, communications, transportation, or other public utility services. [L 1953, c 277, §1; RL 1955, §111-19; HRS §264-32; am L 1986, c 339, §27]
HI Rev Stat § 264-33 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-33 Relocation of utility facilities.

 §264-33 Relocation of utility facilities. (a) Whenever, as the result of the work of construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of any state highway or state or county federal-aid highway, it is necessary to provide for or require the removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction of any utility facility, and the expense of removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction exceeds $10,000, one-half of this excess expense shall be a proper charge against the state or county funds available for the construction or maintenance of state or county highways; provided that all of the expense of removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction of publicly owned utility facilities shall be a charge against the state or county funds.  (b) The work of the removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction may be performed in the following manner, subject to the following conditions:  (1) The work shall be performed in accordance with standards of construction currently used by the utility; and  (2) Such work may be performed by contract as provided in chapter 103D; or after first calling for bids under that chapter, the director of transportation or other officer having power to award such contract, may contract with the public utility owning the utility facility to have the work performed by it, with the use of its own employees and equipment at not to exceed actual cost or in the amount of the lowest responsible bid (if such bids have been submitted), whichever is the lowest amount, with the adjustments hereinafter provided for.  (c) The amount to be paid out of state or county funds shall be computed as follows:  (1) The total cost shall first be determined.  (2) From the total cost there shall be deducted the following items:  (A) Depreciation, except that this shall not be applicable to publicly owned utility facilities, and the salvage value of any materials or parts salvageable and retained by the utility;  (B) The amount of any betterment to the utility facility resulting from the removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction;  (C) In the case of a privately owned utility facility only, the first $10,000 of the expense of such work;  (D) The balance of the cost, in the case of a privately owned utility facility only, shall be paid one-half by the owner thereof, and the remaining one-half shall be the amount payable out of state or county funds. [L 1953, c 227, §2; RL 1955, §111-20; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; HRS §264-33; am L 1981, c 42, §1; am L Sp 1993, c 8, §21] Attorney General Opinions  Section applies to temporary relocations. Att. Gen. Op. 62-8.  Section does not apply to city and county street. Att. Gen. Op. 63-46.
HI Rev Stat § 264-33.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-33.5 Underground installation of utility facilities along federal-aid highways; when required; when waived. (a) The director of transportation shall arrange for the installation of all utility cables and facilities below the ground, within a berm or away from the alignment of a highway, during the design or redesign and construction or reconstruction phases of any new or existing federal-aid highway project, when a determination is made that federal highway funds are available to pay for the federal share of the cost differential between underground and overhead facilities. (b) The director of transportation may make exceptions to subsection (a) if: (1) The director determines that exceptions are appropriate due to either: (A) Any of the following criteria: environmental, safety, research, technology, corridor alignment, or management concern; or (B) The following criteria collectively: state funding impacts, economic feasibility, and federal funding concerns; or (2) The projects do not lend themselves to undergrounding, such as: resurfacing, traffic signal installation, drainage installation, bikeway markings, guardrail installation, traffic markings, and enhancement improvements. [L 1996, c 84, §2] Cross References Overhead or underground construction of high-voltage electric transmission lines, see §269-27.6.

  §264-33.5 Underground installation of utility facilities along federal-aid highways; when required; when waived. (a) The director of transportation shall arrange for the installation of all utility cables and facilities below the ground, within a berm or away from the alignment of a highway, during the design or redesign and construction or reconstruction phases of any new or existing federal-aid highway project, when a determination is made that federal highway funds are available to pay for the federal share of the cost differential between underground and overhead facilities.  (b) The director of transportation may make exceptions to subsection (a) if:  (1) The director determines that exceptions are appropriate due to either:  (A) Any of the following criteria: environmental, safety, research, technology, corridor alignment, or management concern; or  (B) The following criteria collectively: state funding impacts, economic feasibility, and federal funding concerns; or  (2) The projects do not lend themselves to undergrounding, such as: resurfacing, traffic signal installation, drainage installation, bikeway markings, guardrail installation, traffic markings, and enhancement improvements. [L 1996, c 84, §2] Cross References  Overhead or underground construction of high-voltage electric transmission lines, see §269-27.6.
HI Rev Stat § 264-34 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-34 Portions of projects deemed one.

 §264-34 Portions of projects deemed one. Where a particular highway project is divided into sections or portions for the purpose of calling for bids thereon, all sections or portions of the project for which bids are called for at or about the same time shall be deemed one project for the purposes of determining the expense of the removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction. [L 1953, c 227, §3; RL 1955, §111-21; HRS §264-34]
HI Rev Stat § 264-35 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-35 Assistance for displaced families and business.

 §264-35 Assistance for displaced families and business. (a) As used in this section the term "eligible person" means any individual, family, business concern (including the operation of a farm), and nonprofit organization to be displaced by construction of a project.  (b) The director of transportation, in estimating the cost of any project under section 106, Title 23, United States Code, for right-of-way acquisition or actual construction, shall include as a part of the cost of construction on any of the federal-aid highway systems, relocation payments to be made initially by the director, from state highway funds, to eligible persons for their reasonable and necessary moving expenses caused by their displacement from real property acquired for such project.  (c) Payments under this section shall not exceed $200 in the case of an individual or family, or $3,000 in the case of a business concern (including the operation of a farm) or nonprofit organization. In the case of a business (including the operation of a farm) and in the case of a nonprofit organization, the allowable expenses for transportation under this subsection shall not exceed the cost of moving fifty miles from the point from which the business or organization is being displaced.  (d) In order that the State may avail itself of federal participation in making payments under this section, the director will comply with such rules and regulations regarding payments as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation of the United States. [L 1963, c 187, §1; Supp, §111-22; am L 1967, c 106, §1; HRS §264-35]
HI Rev Stat § 264-36 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-36 Conformance with county general or master plans.

 §264-36 Conformance with county general or master plans. All federal-aid highways shall conform to the general or master plans of the respective political subdivisions of the State unless the conformance jeopardizes the receipt of federal aid, in which case the governor, by executive order, may set aside the general or master plan to the extent any conflict prevents the receipt of federal aid on any given project or the prosecution of the work thereunder. [L 1963, c 170, §1; Supp, §111-23; HRS §264-36]
HI Rev Stat § 264-41 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-41 Establishment.

  §264-41 Establishment. There is established a state highway system which shall consist of federal-aid highways and other public highways which may be designated for inclusion in the system pursuant to section 264-42. [L 1965, c 159, pt of §1; Supp, §111-51; HRS §264-41] Case Notes  A public highway is not a state highway unless it is designated for inclusion in the state highway system. 2 H. App. 387, 633 P.2d 1118 (1981).
HI Rev Stat § 264-42 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-42 Authority to include other public highways in the state highway system.

 §264-42 Authority to include other public highways in the state highway system. The director of transportation acting in cooperation with appropriate federal and county agencies, may designate for inclusion in the state highway system, such other public highways, including county highways, which are used primarily for through traffic and not for access to any specific property, whether residential, business, or other abutting property. [L 1965, c 159, pt of §1; Supp, §111-52; HRS §264-42]
HI Rev Stat § 264-43 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|264. Highways|264-43 Responsibility.

 §264-43 Responsibility. The department of transportation shall acquire, subdivide, consolidate, construct, maintain, and administer all highways comprising the state highway system in accordance with all state and federal laws and exempt from county subdivision ordinances. [L 1965, c 159, pt of §1; Supp, §111-53; HRS §264-43; am L 2008, c 12, §4] Case Notes  State has a duty to keep shoulders of road in reasonably safe condition. 60 H. 381, 590 P.2d 564 (1979).