§171-57 Reserved rights and easements. Notwithstanding any limitations to the contrary, where public land is disposed of with reservation in the State of quarry rights to rock, sand or gravel or an easement, and if the board of land and natural resources finds that a disposition of the reserved right or easement is not prejudicial to the best interest of the State, community or area in which the land is situated, it may, after giving public notice of the intended disposition as provided in section 171-16(d), dispose of the reserved right or easement to the owner of the land by direct sale or by lease without public auction. [L 1962, c 32, pt of §2; am L 1965, c 239, §5; Supp, §103A-54; am L 1967, c 234, §3; HRS §171-57; am L 1971, c 18, §1]