Whenever the public property sought to be acquired has already been appropriated to some public purpose, in order that the property be acquired by the petitioner it must appear that the use to which the property is sought to be put is more necessary than the purpose to which it has already been appropriated.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 101-53
Property already appropriated to a public purpose
L 1949, c 377, pt of §1; RL 1955, §8-52; HRS §101-53
Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.