§171-95.1 Authority of board to extend leases under certain circumstances. Notwithstanding the lease restrictions established pursuant to section 171-36, the board may, without public auction, extend a public land lease that is issued to a school or government entity pursuant to section 171-95 beyond the sixty-five year maximum lease term. The authority established pursuant to this section to extend a lease shall not apply to any lease to the University of Hawaii of lands within a conservation district of which the University of Hawaii has subleased a portion for the purpose of constructing an astronomical observatory. [L 2017, c 215, pt of §2]