Civil service systems defined in §§76-77 and 46-33 are not substantively so different as to represent special, rather than general laws for purposes of this section and article VIII, §2 of state constitution. Att. Gen. Op. 97-6.

Marsland v. First Hawaiian Bank: Home Rule and the Scope of the County Prosecutor's Power. 12 UH L. Rev. 261.

Did not preempt ordinance relating to residential condominium leasehold conversion. 76 H. 46, 868 P.2d 1193.