§661-5 Limitations on action. Every claim against the State, cognizable under this chapter, shall be forever barred unless the action is commenced within two years after the claim first accrues; provided that the claims of persons under legal disability shall not be barred if the action is commenced within one year after the disability has ceased. [L 1894-5, c 26, §5; RL 1925, §2673; RL 1935, §4424; RL 1945, §10479; RL 1955, §245-5; HRS §661-5; am L 1972, c 164, §1(e)]