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HI Rev Stat § 76-75 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|76. Civil Service Law|76-75 Personnel director.

  §76-75 Personnel director. The merit appeals board shall appoint and may at pleasure remove a personnel director, who shall be the chief administrative officer of the department of civil service. The director shall, at the time of the director's appointment, and thereafter, be thoroughly familiar with the principles and methods of personnel administration and shall believe in applying merit principles and scientific administrative methods to public personnel administration. [L 1955, c 274, pt of §1; RL 1955, §3-18; am L 1957, c 207, §1(a); am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §11; HRS §76-75; am L 1977, c 61, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 2000, c 253, §34] Case Notes  Conflicting provisions of the Maui Charter are invalid. 59 H. 65, 576 P.2d 1029.
HI Rev Stat § 76-76 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|76. Civil Service Law|76-76 Deputy director.

 §76-76 Deputy director. The personnel director may designate a qualified person as the director's deputy. The deputy shall be thoroughly familiar with the principles and methods of personnel administration and shall believe in applying merit principles and scientific administrative methods to public personnel administration. In case of a vacancy in the office of director or of the absence of the director or the director's inability from any cause to discharge the powers and duties of the director's office, the powers and duties shall devolve upon the director's deputy. [L 1955, c 274, pt of §1; RL 1955, pt of §3-19; HRS §76-76; am L 1977, c 61, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 76-91, 92 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|76. Civil Service Law|76-91, 92 REPEALED.

  § §76-91, 92 REPEALED. L 2001, c 123, §2.
HI Rev Stat § 76-101, 102 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|76. Civil Service Law|76-101, 102 REPEALED.

  § §76-101, 102 REPEALED. L 2001, c 123, § §4, 5.
HI Rev Stat § 76-102 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|76. Civil Service Law|76-102 REPEALED.

  §76-102 REPEALED. L 2001, c 123, §5.
HI Rev Stat § 76-103 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|76. Civil Service Law|76-103 Veteran's preference.

 §76-103 Veteran's preference. The extent to which veteran's preference shall be given to veterans, to disabled veterans, to spouses of disabled veterans, and to surviving spouses of deceased servicemen who have not remarried shall be provided by rules and regulations. [L 1955, c 274, pt of §1; RL 1955, §3-81; am L 1967, c 279, §1; HRS §76-103; am L 1973, c 177, §1(3)]
HI Rev Stat § 76-105 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|76. Civil Service Law|76-105 REPEALED.

  §76-105 REPEALED. L 2001, c 123, §7.
HI Rev Stat § 76-106 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|76. Civil Service Law|76-106 REPEALED.

  §76-106 REPEALED. L 2001, c 123, §8.
HI Rev Stat § 78-1.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-1.5 Definitions.

  §78-1.5 Definitions. As used herein, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the terms "appointing authority", "chief executive", "director", "employee", "employer", and "jurisdiction" shall have the same meaning as those terms are defined in section 76-11. [L 2000, c 253, pt of §74]
HI Rev Stat § 78-1.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-1.6 Office hours.

  §78-1.6 Office hours. Offices of the State and counties shall be open for the transaction of public business as determined by the chief executive. Offices need not be open for the transaction of public business on the state holidays designated under section 8-1 and as observed under section 8-2. [L 2000, c 253, pt of §74]
HI Rev Stat § 78-2, 2.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-2, 2.5 REPEALED.

  § §78-2, 2.5 REPEALED. L 2000, c 253, § §80, 81.
HI Rev Stat § 78-2.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-2.6 Prospective employees; suitability for public employment.

  §78-2.6 Prospective employees; suitability for public employment. All prospective employees, regardless of the positions they will assume, shall demonstrate their suitability for public employment by:  (1) Passing a pre-employment controlled substance drug test if required by the employing jurisdiction; and  (2) Attesting that during the three-year period immediately preceding the date of application for employment, the person was not convicted of any controlled-substance-related offense. If an applicant fails to meet the suitability requirements of the employing jurisdiction, the applicant shall be disqualified from further employment consideration or deemed ineligible for appointment under section 76-29 on the basis of unsuitability for public employment.  Notwithstanding paragraph (2), for positions described in section 76-16(b)(13)(C), an applicant shall not be automatically disqualified from employment based on a controlled-substance-related offense, provided that reasonable safeguards are in place to protect employees and the public. [L 2000, c 253, pt of §74; am L 2013, c 30, §2]] Revision Note  Subsection designation deleted pursuant to §23G-15(1).
HI Rev Stat § 78-2.8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-2.8 Public employees; termination.

  §78-2.8 Public employees; termination. (a) If a public employee is convicted of a felony for conduct related to the public employee's duties, the public employee shall be terminated from the public employee's position.  (b) If the felony conviction that results in the termination of a public employee pursuant to subsection (a) is overturned on appeal, the public employee shall receive back pay and be returned to the position the public employee held prior to conviction, or an equivalent position if the public employee's position was filled; provided that the employee is not terminated from the employee's position in accordance with any other provision of law.  (c) For purposes of this section:  (1) "Public employee" means any public employee of the State or any county, and the political subdivisions and agencies thereof, any employees under contract with the State or county, any civil service employees, and any probationary or provisional employees of the State or county;   (2) Employees covered by chapter 89 shall be entitled to a grievance procedure culminating in a final and binding decision; and   (3) A rebuttable presumption shall arise that the criminal conviction is just and proper cause for the employee's termination. [L 2003, c 150, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 78-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-3 REPEALED.

 §78-3 REPEALED. L 1984, c 85, §1.
HI Rev Stat § 78-3.1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-3.1 Whistleblowers; notice.

  §78-3.1 Whistleblowers; notice. (a) Upon receipt of any complaint made pursuant to section 378-70, the department of labor and industrial relations shall inform the complainant of the complainant's rights under the law.  (b) The department of labor and industrial relations shall prescribe the content and the posting of notices pertaining to the application of sections 378-70 and 396-8(e). [L 2011, c 166, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 78-3.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-3.5 Experimental modernization projects.

  §78-3.5 Experimental modernization projects. (a) It is the intent of this section to encourage and facilitate improvements in the human resource programs of the several jurisdictions. With the approval of the chief executive, the director may conduct experimental modernization projects to determine whether specific changes in its human resource program would result in a more desirable program for the jurisdiction.  (b) Prior to the implementation of any experimental modernization project, the director shall:  (1) Develop a plan identifying the purposes of the project, the methodology to be used, the duration of the project, the criteria for evaluation of the project, and the cost of the project, if any;  (2) Consult with the employees who would be involved in the conduct of the project; and  (3) Negotiate with the exclusive representative if a modification or waiver of any provision in a collective bargaining agreement is necessary to conduct the project.  (c) While the project is in progress, it shall not be limited by state or local personnel laws and rules, but shall be in compliance with all equal employment opportunity laws and laws prohibiting discrimination. [L 2000, c 253, pt of §74]
HI Rev Stat § 78-3.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-3.6 Experimental modernization projects; county boards of water supply.

  §78-3.6 Experimental modernization projects; county boards of water supply. It is the intent of this section to encourage and facilitate improvements in the human resource programs of qualifying boards of water supply. With or without the approval from the chief executive, the director of any qualifying board of water supply may conduct experimental modernization projects to determine whether specific changes in its human resource program would result in a more desirable program for the jurisdiction.  Prior to the implementation of any experimental modernization project, the director of any qualifying board of water supply shall:  (1) Develop a plan identifying:  (A) The purpose of the project;  (B) The methodology to be used;  (C) The duration of the project;  (D) The criteria for evaluation of the project; and  (E) The cost of the project, if any; and  (2) Consult and negotiate with the exclusive representative if a modification or waiver of any provision in a collective bargaining agreement, including any new provision, is necessary to conduct the project.  The representative of the qualifying board of water supply and the exclusive representative shall mutually agree in writing to any modification, waiver, or new provision before the project is implemented.  While the board of water supply project is in progress, it shall not be limited by state or local personnel laws and rules, but shall be in compliance with all equal employment opportunity laws, laws prohibiting discrimination, and chapter 89.  For purposes of this section, "qualifying board of water supply" means any county board of water supply serving a population of 500,000 or more persons. [L 2003, c 40, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 78-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-4 Boards and commissions; service limited.

  §78-4 Boards and commissions; service limited. (a) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no person shall be allowed to serve on more than one state board or commission expressly created by a state statute or the state constitution.  (b) Any prohibition in any law against the holding of outside employment or dual public office, employment, or position by an employee shall not bar the appointment of an employee to membership on a board or commission unless service on the board or commission would be inconsistent or incompatible with or would tend to interfere with the duties and responsibilities of the other office, employment, or position held by the employee.  (c) When any employee must be away from the employee's regular work because of service as a member on a board or commission, the employee shall not, as a result of the absence, suffer any loss of the employee's regular salary or wages. The time spent in service as a board or commission member outside of the employee's regular work hours shall not be considered as time worked. [L 1957, c 114, § §1 to 3; Supp, §7-25.5; HRS §78-4; am L 1982, c 24, §1; am L 1984, c 227, §1; am L 1994, c 200, § §5, 17; am L 1998, c 11, §33; am L 2000, c 253, §76] Cross References  Selection and term of members, generally, see Const. Art. V, §6 and §26-34. Attorney General Opinions  Local school advisory council is board of a public character. Att. Gen. Op. 62-50.  A board member is not eligible for appointment to a charter commission. Att. Gen. Op. 63-29.
HI Rev Stat § 78-5, 6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-5, 6 REPEALED.

  § §78-5, 6 REPEALED. L 2000, c 253, § §82, 83.
HI Rev Stat § 78-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-7 Certain public officers prohibited from receiving certain masterships and master's fees; forfeiture.

 §78-7 Certain public officers prohibited from receiving certain masterships and master's fees; forfeiture. No person holding any salaried office or employment in the executive or judicial branches of the government of the State or any county thereof, or holding any executive or judicial office or employment any part of the compensation for which is paid by the State or any county, shall be appointed to serve as master to examine, pass, or report upon any account filed in any court of the State by any guardian, trustee, or personal representative except where the estate concerned is insolvent or there are insufficient funds therein to pay a reasonable master's fee. In that event, the master shall not receive, directly or indirectly, any fee or other remuneration for services rendered as master to examine, pass, or report upon any account filed in any court of the State by any guardian, trustee, or personal representative. The person receiving or accepting the fee or remuneration shall by virtue of the acceptance be deemed to have released and forfeited all claim and right thereafter to any compensation payable by the State or county by virtue of the office or employment, and in addition, if the person is holding an office or employment, subject to the power of the legislature of the State to provide for forfeiture thereof as herein provided, shall be deemed to have forfeited and been ipso facto discharged from the person's office or employment. In any event, upon acceptance of the fee or remuneration, the comptroller of the State or director of finance of any county is prohibited from issuing any warrant to the person except for services rendered prior to the forfeiture. This section shall not apply to officers whose only compensation from the government is paid pursuant to any state statute upon a per diem basis or upon a fee basis, or to officers or employees appointed or employed by contract to render a temporary professional service. Traveling or other expenses paid or payable by the State or any county to any officer or employee shall not be deemed to be compensation. [L 1939, c 13, §1; am L 1941, c 23, §1; RL 1945, §457; am L 1945, c 95, §1; RL 1955, §5-13; am L 1957, c 152, §1 and c 180, §1; HRS §78-7; am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; gen ch 1985] Revision Note  "Director of finance" substituted for "auditor" to conform to terminology of county charters.
HI Rev Stat § 78-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-8 Persons subject to sections 78-8 to 78-11.

 §78-8 Persons subject to sections 78-8 to 78-11. The persons subject to sections 78-8 to 78-11 are those elected to or appointed or employed in the government of the State or any county, or in any political subdivision thereof, or appointed to or employed in any office or employment any part of the compensation of which is paid out of public funds. [L 1951, c 177, §1; RL 1955, §5-3; HRS §78-8; am L 2001, c 83, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 78-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-9 Failure to appear or testify, termination of employment.

  §78-9 Failure to appear or testify, termination of employment. If any person subject to sections 78-8 to 78-11, after lawful notice or process, wilfully refuses or fails to appear before any court or judge, any legislative committee, or any officer, board, or commission, or having appeared refuses to testify or to answer any question regarding (1) the government, property or affairs of the State or of any political subdivision thereof, or (2) the person's qualifications for public office or employment, or (3) the qualifications of any officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision thereof, on the ground that the person's answer would tend to incriminate the person, or refuses to testify or to answer any such question without right, the person's term or tenure of office or employment shall terminate and the office or employment shall be vacant, and the person shall not be eligible to election or appointment to any office or employment under the State or any political subdivision thereof. To the extent that the State is without authority to require, under the constitution or laws of the United States, compliance by any public officer or public employee herewith, sections 78-8 to 78-11 shall not apply to the officer or employee, but the sections shall apply to the extent that they or any part thereof can lawfully be made applicable. [L 1951, c 177, §2; RL 1955, §5-4; HRS §78-9; gen ch 1985; am L 2001, c 83, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 78-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-10 Procedure upon default.

 §78-10 Procedure upon default. If any person subject to sections 78-8 to 78-11 refuses to appear or refuses to testify under any of the circumstances contemplated in section 78-9, the presiding judge or officer of the court or body before which the default or refusal occurs shall certify the fact thereof to the appointing or employing authority having cognizance of the person as a public officer or public employee and to the comptroller or other disbursing officer who issues warrants or checks to pay the person for the person's services as a public officer or public employee. If the default or refusal occurs before any court or body whose presiding judge or officer may not be required by the legislature to make and file such a certificate, then (1) the presiding judge or officer may make and file the certificate, and (2) the attorney general of the State, upon learning of the default or refusal, shall make and file the certificate if the presiding judge or officer of the court or body has not filed the same. Upon receiving a certificate, (A) the appointing or employing authority shall remove or discharge the person from office or employment, and (B) the comptroller or other disbursing officer shall make no further payments of public funds to the person, except to pay the person the salary, wages, bonus, or other compensation to which the person otherwise would be entitled if the person were voluntarily terminating the person's office or employment on the day the order is served on the comptroller or other disbursing officer. [L 1951, c 177, pt of §3; RL 1955, §5-5; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §78-10; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 78-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-11 Review of discharge.

 §78-11 Review of discharge. The removal or discharge of any person from office or employment under sections 78-8 to 78-11 shall not be reviewable by any court, officer, or agency of the State or county, or any political subdivision thereof, but nothing herein shall preclude any court of competent jurisdiction from reviewing the question whether the removal or discharge is in accordance with the sections. In the case of any officer who may only be removed from office by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate of the State, the removal of the officer shall not be effected until the advice and consent of the senate thereto is given, but the duties of the comptroller or other appropriate disbursing officer hereinbefore specified shall remain the same. [L 1951, c 177, pt of §3; RL 1955, §5-6; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §78-11]
HI Rev Stat § 78-16.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-16.5 Pay of officers and employees on active military service and other periods.

  §78-16.5 Pay of officers and employees on active military service and other periods. (a) All officers and employees of the State and the several counties who are appointed for at least six months of service shall be entitled, while on active duty, inactive-duty training, or during periods of camps of instruction or field maneuvers as members of the national guard or reserve of the armed forces under call of the President of the United States or the governor of the State, to receive pay as provided by law. During the absence of the officer or employee, while in the performance of ordered military or naval duty, including inactive-duty training, as a member of the national guard or reserve of the armed forces, the officer or employee shall receive the officer's or employee's salary or compensation as an officer or employee, but only for a period not exceeding fifteen working days in any calendar year.  (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if the officer or employee is called to active duty or otherwise required to report for camp training or field maneuvers by official military orders a second time within a calendar year, the officer or employee may elect to use the fifteen working days of the succeeding calendar year to which the officer or employee is entitled for such purposes within the current calendar year; provided that the officer's or employee's entitlement to fifteen working days under this section for the succeeding calendar year shall be canceled and the officer or employee shall so agree in writing. [L 2003, c 109, pt of §5; am L 2016, c 201, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 78-16.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-16.6 Nonforfeiture for absence. Every officer and employee of the State and the several counties who is a member of the Hawaii national guard or organized reserves, including the officers' reserve corps and the enlisted reserve corps, shall be entitled to be absent from the officer's or employee's duties or service while engaged in the performance of ordered military or naval duty and while going to and returning from such duty. No officer or employee shall be subjected, directly or indirectly, by reason of the absence to any loss or diminution of vacation or holiday privileges or be prejudiced by reason of the absence with reference to promotion or continuance in office, employment, reappointment to office, or reemployment. [L 2003, c 109, pt of §5]

  §78-16.6 Nonforfeiture for absence. Every officer and employee of the State and the several counties who is a member of the Hawaii national guard or organized reserves, including the officers' reserve corps and the enlisted reserve corps, shall be entitled to be absent from the officer's or employee's duties or service while engaged in the performance of ordered military or naval duty and while going to and returning from such duty.  No officer or employee shall be subjected, directly or indirectly, by reason of the absence to any loss or diminution of vacation or holiday privileges or be prejudiced by reason of the absence with reference to promotion or continuance in office, employment, reappointment to office, or reemployment. [L 2003, c 109, pt of §5]