06/02/2026
BILL 66 IS VOID
Legal Grounds — Public Testimony Guide — June 3, 2026
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL FINAL VOTE
Case No. 3CCV-26-0000139
Third Circuit Court
Hearing: July 15, 2026
Judge Nakamoto
Do not testify about what you dislike in the plan. They are not listening to that today. They have already decided.
Testify about the illegality. Every word you put on the record strengthens the court case on July 15th. Pick one legal point below. Deliver it slow. Ask the question. Let the silence sit.
The Legal Grounds — Pick One — Own It
1
No Maps
A General Plan is legally required to include maps designating land use. This document has none. No maps means no legal General Plan. The public has never been given the opportunity to review or comment on maps for this plan.
"Can any member of this Council show me the maps? I'll wait."
2
Blank Appendix A
Appendix A of Bill 66 — titled "General Plan 2026–2045" — is completely blank. The Council is voting to adopt a 25-year land use framework for this entire island with its own appendix empty. That is a nullity on the face of the document.
"Has anyone here actually read Appendix A? What's in it?"
3
Ramseyer Violation
Hawaii County Code requires all changes to existing law be shown — deletions in brackets, additions underlined. This is mandatory law, not a suggestion. Bill 66 was never formatted this way. A vote on an improperly formatted bill is void ab initio — void from the moment the gavel drops.
"Where are the brackets and underlines required by County Code?"
4
Planning Commissions Never Saw This
The Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions approved GP2045. What is being voted on today is a materially different document. Their statutory approval does not transfer to a document they never reviewed. The required review process was bypassed.
"Which Planning Commission approved this version? Show me the record."
5
Your 2019 Testimony Was Thrown Away
The public was invited to comment on GP2040 in 2019. That document was scrapped without formal notice. GP2045 replaced it with a different planning framework. Then Kierkiewicz rewrote that into the 2026 Plan with zero additional public process. Three generations
