Section 10-4-26 - Licenses to churches(a) The department may issue licenses to churches within a homestead district provided: (1) The aggregate number of churches in the homestead district does not exceed two per cent of the total number of lessees in the district; and(2) If land is available, a petition of those who wish to establish a church shall include names of at least twenty per cent of the lessees in the homestead district.(b) Churches existing on Hawaiian home lands before November 14, 1977 shall be exempt from the requirements of subsection (a)(1).(c) The annual rental for licenses issued under this section shall be one-half of one cent per square foot, or $200, whichever is greater.(d) For the purposes of this section, homestead districts are Hawaiian home lands which have been homesteaded within an ahupua'a or lesser subdivision thereof.[Eff 7/3/81; am 2/3/83; am 11/17/84; am and comp 10/26/98] (Auth: HHC Act §222) (Imp: HHC Act §207)