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36 SECTION 2 . Section 46-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is <br /> 37 amended to read as follows : <br /> 38 "§46-16 Traffic regulation and control over private <br /> 39 streets [—] , hazardous roads, and roads in sensitive areas. <br /> 40 (a) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any <br /> 41 county and its authorized personnel may impose and enforce <br /> 42 traffic regulations and place appropriate traffic control <br /> 43 devices, and may enforce chapters 249; 286; 287; 291; 291C; <br /> 44 291E; 431, articles 10C and 10G; and 486, part III on the <br /> 45 following categories of private streets, highways, or <br /> 46 thoroughfares, except private roads used primarily for <br /> 47 agricultural and ranching purposes : <br /> 48 (1) Any private street, highway, or thoroughfare which has <br /> 49 been used continuously by the general public for a <br /> 50 period of not less than six months; provided that the <br /> 51 county shall not be responsible for the maintenance <br /> 52 and repair of the private street, highway, or <br /> 53 thoroughfare when it imposes or enforces traffic <br /> 54 regulations and highway safety laws or places or <br /> 55 permits to be placed appropriate traffic control <br /> 56 devices on that street, highway, or thoroughfare; <br /> 57 provided further that no adverse or prescriptive <br /> 58 rights shall accrue to the general public when the <br /> 59 county imposes or enforces traffic regulations and <br /> XXX-00 (12) <br />