Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 264-29

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.