07-17-2019, 02:25 PM
From Blaze Lovell on Twitter:
So what does this emergency proclamation, in practice, actually do? Not much more than what's happening now on #MaunaKea, but it grants some important powers and suspends certain rules. Let's take a look
It invokes HRS 127A-13 and 127A-12, which grants the governor broad powers typically reserved for things like natural disasters. Here, Ige doesn't use the full extent of that statute, and only suspends laws necessary to carry out activities for #TMT
Such as suspending HRS 46, which grants basic powers to counties. This could make it easier to operate without running up against Hawaii County
Looks like the state will take charge from here on out.
So what does this emergency proclamation, in practice, actually do? Not much more than what's happening now on #MaunaKea, but it grants some important powers and suspends certain rules. Let's take a look
It invokes HRS 127A-13 and 127A-12, which grants the governor broad powers typically reserved for things like natural disasters. Here, Ige doesn't use the full extent of that statute, and only suspends laws necessary to carry out activities for #TMT
Such as suspending HRS 46, which grants basic powers to counties. This could make it easier to operate without running up against Hawaii County
Looks like the state will take charge from here on out.
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”