§464-4 Public works. The State and the political subdivisions thereof and the officers thereof, respectively, shall not engage in the construction of any public work involving professional engineering, architecture, or landscape architecture for which the plans, specifications, and estimates have not been made nor supervised by and the construction of which is not observed by a professional engineer, architect, or landscape architect duly licensed hereunder; provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any public work involving professional engineering, architecture, or landscape architecture wherein the expenditure therefor does not exceed the sum of $15,000. All land surveys involving property boundaries for public purposes or plans thereof shall be made or supervised by a licensed land surveyor. [L 1923, c 227, §9; RL 1925, §3691; am L 1931, c 165, §6; RL 1935, §7032; RL 1945, §7604; RL 1955, §166-4; HRS §464-4; am L 1970, c 85, §1; am L 1988, c 226, §2; am L 1989, c 210, §6]