Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 111-1

The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest that persons lawfully residing on or lawfully occupying real property and displaced by any action undertaken by any state or county governmental agency should be compensated for such displacement under certain circumstances. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of owners, tenants, other persons, and business concerns lawfully residing on or lawfully occupying real property and displaced by the acquisition of real property for public or other purposes in the public interest and by building, zoning, and housing code enforcement activities.