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HI Rev Stat § 46-32 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-32 Employees of council.

 §46-32 Employees of council. Any other provision to the contrary notwithstanding, the council of any county may appoint and employ personnel as it deems necessary and prescribe their powers, duties and compensation. All such personnel shall be exempt from the civil service and the position classification plan. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the civil service or exempt status, salary range, vacation, sick leave, service credit and other rights and privileges of any incumbent as it existed on the day prior to May 9, 1977; provided that subsequent changes may be made pursuant to applicable personnel laws. [L 1969, c 78, §1; am L 1977, c 62, §1] Revision Note  "May 9, 1977" substituted for "the effective date of this section".
HI Rev Stat § 46-34 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-34 Civil service exemptions.

  §46-34 Civil service exemptions. Any other provision to the contrary notwithstanding in any county charter or otherwise, all employees of any county legal department of the executive branch shall be subject to chapter 76, except for the department head, all attorneys, law clerks, private secretary to the department head and positions under sections 76-77(7), 76-77(8), 76-77(11) and 76-77(12). [L 1977, c 30, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-35 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-35 Firefighters, counsel for.

 §46-35 Firefighters, counsel for. Whenever any firefighter is prosecuted for any crime for acts done in the performance of the firefighter's duty as a firefighter, or any traffic violation while in the course of operating any firefighting apparatus or other authorized emergency vehicle of the fire department, or sued in any civil cause for acts done in the performance of the firefighter's duty as a firefighter, the firefighter shall be represented and defended,  (1) In the criminal and traffic violations proceedings by an attorney to be employed and paid by the council, and  (2) In the civil case by the corporation counsel or county attorney, as the case may be. [L 1970, c 178, §1; am L 1983, c 124, §15; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 46-36 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-36 Authority of counties to engage in the process of managed competition; established.

  §46-36 Authority of counties to engage in the process of managed competition; established. (a) Subject to the approval of the governor and the respective mayor of the county, the agency designated by the mayor with the responsibility to oversee the managed process for public-private competition for government services shall:  (1) Assist the mayor in formulating the county's philosophy for public collective bargaining and for the managed process for public-private competition for government services, including which particular service can be provided more efficiently, effectively, and economically considering all relevant costs; and  (2) Coordinate and negotiate the terms and conditions or the managed competition process on behalf of the county with exclusive representatives of affected public employees and private contractors.  (b) If a county executes a contract with a private contractor pursuant to the managed competition process authorized under this section, the county may use the layoff provisions of the civil service laws and the respective collective bargaining contracts to release employees displaced from their positions by the managed competition process. Prior to implementing any layoff provision of the civil service laws or a collective bargaining contract, the county shall use its resources for placing, retraining, and providing voluntary severance incentives for displaced employees. Methods that may be used to minimize or avoid the adverse effects of an agency's decision to secure needed services from contractors may include:  (1) Coordination with the private service provider awarded the contract under this section to continue a displaced employee's employment as an employee of the contractor;  (2) Reassignment to another civil service position the employee is qualified to fill;  (3) Retraining to qualify the employee for reassignment; and  (4) Severance incentives.   (c) As used in this section, "managed competition" means the process established in this section by which the county and a private contractor compete to provide government services. [L 2001, c 90, §3; am L 2002, c 106, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-41 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-41 Budgets; financial records on fiscal year basis.

  §46-41 Budgets; financial records on fiscal year basis. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all counties shall maintain accounting and financial records on a fiscal year basis, beginning on July 1 or another day of a calendar year and ending on the appropriate day of the next succeeding calendar year. Counties may prepare a budget for a one- or two-year period; provided that accounting and financial records are maintained on a fiscal year basis as described above. [L 1965, c 166, §1; Supp, §138-6.5; HRS §46-41; am L 1993, c 169, §1; am L 2006, c 119, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-42 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-42 Reports by fiscal officers.

 §46-42 Reports by fiscal officers. The director of finance of each county shall prepare and submit to the council, transmit to the comptroller of the State, and publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, immediately following the close of each fiscal year, a statement of income and expenditure by funds, showing the principal sources of revenue, the function or purpose for which expenditures were made, together with a consolidated statement showing similar information for all funds; also a statement showing the balance in each fund at the beginning of the fiscal year, plus the receipts minus the disbursements, and the balance on hand at the close of the fiscal year after deducting outstanding warrants and vouchers.  The director of finance may publish totals of expenses made by administrative departments for administration and executive purposes. [L 1913, c 21, §1; am L 1917, c 205, §1; RL 1925, §2173; am L 1927, c 46, §1; RL 1935, §2313; am L 1941, c 248, §1; RL 1945, §6004; RL 1955, §138-7; am L 1957, c 152, §1; am imp L 1965, c 166, §1; HRS §46-42; gen ch 1985] Case Notes  County auditor publishes annual report and board of supervisors awards contract and printing of same. 36 H. 355.
HI Rev Stat § 46-43 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-43 County records.

 §46-43 County records. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the county legislative body shall determine whether, and the extent to which, the county shall create, accept, retain, or store in electronic form any records and convert records to electronic form.  (b) The director of finance of each county, with the approval of the legislative body and the legal advisor of the county, may authorize the destruction by burning, machine shredding, chemical disintegration, or other acceptable method of disposal of:  (1) All warrants of the county that have been paid and that bear any date ten years prior to the date of destruction; and  (2) All bonds and interest coupons of the county that have been canceled or paid and that bear any date two years prior to the date of destruction.  (c) The director of finance, with the approval of the county legislative body and the county's legal advisor, shall determine the care, custody, and disposition of other county records and may destroy all vouchers, documents, and other records or papers, exclusive of records required either by law or by the legislative body of the county to be permanently retained, that have been on file or retained for a minimum period to be determined by the legislative body of the county by resolution. [L 1947, c 146, pt of §1; RL 1955, §138-8; am L 1963, c 22, §1; am L 1965, c 95, §1; HRS §46-43; gen ch 1985; am L 2005, c 177, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 46-44 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-44 REPEALED.

 §46-44 REPEALED. L 2005, c 177, §7.
HI Rev Stat § 46-44.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-44.5 Lapsed warrant.

 §46-44.5 Lapsed warrant. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any warrant drawn upon any county treasury shall be presented for payment before the close of the fiscal year next after the fiscal year in which it has been issued. All warrants not so presented within that time shall be deemed to be lapsed and shall not be paid, and any money held in the county treasury for payment of the warrant shall thereupon be transferred to a trust fund established and known as the lapsed warrants trust fund; provided that the fund balance in the trust fund shall not exceed $500,000 and any excess of that amount shall be transferred to the general fund; provided that within the period of four fiscal years immediately following the year in which the warrant was lapsed, the payee or assignee of the warrant, or, if the payee is deceased, the personal representative of the estate of the payee, or if the estate of the payee is closed, to any person lawfully entitled to the undisposed property of the deceased payee, shall be entitled to payment of the amount of the warrant out of the trust fund upon filing with the director of finance of the county a claim for recovery supported by evidence that may be deemed satisfactory by the director. [L 1974, c 56, §1; am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; am L 1998, c 298, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-45 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-45 Excessive expenditures; penalty.

 §46-45 Excessive expenditures; penalty. No council, or other board, committee, department, bureau, officer, or employee of any county shall expend, or aid or participate in expending, during any period of time for any purpose, except for and in the exercise by the county of the power of eminent domain, any sum in the absence of an appropriation for the purpose for the period, or any sum in excess of an appropriation, if any, for the purpose for the period, or incur, authorize, or contract, or aid or participate in incurring, authorizing, or contracting, during any fiscal year, liabilities or obligations, whether payable during the fiscal year or not, for any or all purposes, except for and in the exercise by the county of the power of eminent domain, in excess of the amount of money available for the purposes for the county during the year. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. [L 1911, c 72, §1; RL 1925, §2178; RL 1935, §2315; am L 1941, c 247, §1; RL 1945, §6006; RL 1955, §138-10; HRS §46-45] Case Notes  Contract void without prior appropriation. 33 H. 817.  Indictment of supervisors for incurring liabilities in excess of money available. 25 H. 381.  Requirements of statute do not apply where another statute expressly mandates payment. 33 H. 731.
HI Rev Stat § 46-46 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-46 Excess expenditures; when permitted.

 §46-46 Excess expenditures; when permitted. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the council of any county may, with the prior approval of the governor and the state director of finance, and upon the authority of the council, any duly authorized department, bureau, officer, or employee of the county may, (1) incur, authorize, and contract, during any fiscal year, liabilities and obligations, whether payable during the fiscal year or not, for any and all purposes, in excess of the moneys available for the purposes of the county during the year, provided that in the case of the county of Hawaii, Kauai, or Maui, the total of liabilities and obligations incurred, authorized, or contracted during any fiscal year in excess of the moneys available to the county during the year shall not exceed $100,000, and in the case of the city and county of Honolulu shall not exceed $250,000, and (2) pay such liabilities and obligations out of any moneys borrowed from the State under section 36-23. [L 1949, c 342, §2; RL 1955, §138-11; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §46-46]
HI Rev Stat § 46-47 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-47 Franchise fees, disposition of.

 §46-47 Franchise fees, disposition of. All moneys received by any county from any public utility corporation under the provisions of the franchise granted to the corporation shall be kept in the highway fund created by section 249-18 and expended on the construction, maintenance, improvement, and repair of public roads and highways of the county in which the same are received, including for the purposes of this section, the installation, maintenance, and repair of street lights and power, and other charges for street lighting purposes as well as the replacement of old street lights, and footpaths or sidewalks; provided that in the city and county of Honolulu the city council may provide for the maintenance of the traffic department, for other purposes and functions connected with the prevention of automobile accidents and preservation of safety upon the highways and streets in the city and county of Honolulu, and for the establishment and maintenance, under the direction of the police department, of one or more vehicle testing stations, from the moneys. [L 1923, c 106, §1; RL 1925, §2179; am L 1927, c 32, §1; RL 1935, §2316; am L 1939, c 130, §1; am L 1941, c 314, §1; RL 1945, §6007; am L 1945, c 83, §2; am L 1955, c 183, §2; RL 1955, §138-12; HRS §46-47]
HI Rev Stat § 46-48 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-48 Deposit of funds in banks.

 §46-48 Deposit of funds in banks. Chapter 38, relating to the deposit of state moneys in banks, is extended to the several counties, so that each county and its director of finance and mayor, respectively, shall have all the rights, powers, obligations and duties in respect of the moneys of the counties as the State, its director of finance and governor, respectively, have in respect of the moneys of the State under chapter 38, provided that nothing in this section contained shall be held to preclude the director of finance of any county from making special deposits, with the approval of the council or the mayor, as the case may be, for the safekeeping of public moneys, other than those deposited in banks under this section, as provided in sections 62-111 and 70-13. [L 1911, c 156, §1; RL 1925, §2180; RL 1935, §2317; am L 1935, c 67, §4; RL 1945, §6008; RL 1955, §138-13; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §46-48] Note  Sections 62-111 and 70-13 referred to in text are repealed.
HI Rev Stat § 46-49 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-49 Interest on deposits.

 §46-49 Interest on deposits. If any money deposited by the director of finance, under the provisions of section 46-48, belongs to the waterworks funds, then any interest received on the same shall be paid into and credited to the funds, and if any money so deposited belongs to a bond fund, then any interest received on the same shall be paid into and credited to the fund which provides for the payment of interest on bonds. [L 1927, c 194, §2; RL 1935, §2318; am L 1935, c 67, §5; RL 1945, §6010; RL 1955, §138-14; am L 1963, c 18, §1; HRS §46-49]
HI Rev Stat § 46-51 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-51 Deposit of securities with mainland depositories.

 §46-51 Deposit of securities with mainland depositories. The director of finance of each county may, with the approval of the council, deposit securities owned by the county in mainland depositories. The securities shall be subject to all the terms, conditions, and authorizations of the depository agreement which the director of finance may have or may make with any such mainland depository. Further, the director of finance of each county may, with the approval of the council, and with the consent of the state director of finance, place such securities under the control of the state director of finance for safekeeping in mainland depositories. The securities shall be subject to all the terms, conditions, and authorizations of any depository agreement which the state director of finance may have or make with any mainland depository, and all expenses thereof shall be borne by the county. Moneys received by any mainland depository, on behalf of the county, or on behalf of the state director of finance for the county, from the sale or redemption of securities, or as interest, shall not for a period of thirty days after the receipt thereof by the depository be considered as deposits within the meaning of chapter 38, and moneys placed with the depositories for the purchase of securities shall not be considered as deposits within the meaning of chapter 38. [L 1945, c 43, pt of §1; RL 1955, §138-16; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §46-51]
HI Rev Stat § 46-52 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-52 Deposit of securities.

 §46-52 Deposit of securities. The directors of finance of the several counties may deposit for safekeeping with the state director of finance securities deposited with them by the banks with whom they have deposits. The duly authorized representatives of any bank shall at all times during the office hours of the state director of finance have access to the security or securities belonging to the bank deposited with the state director of finance by the directors of finance of the several counties for the purpose of examining the same and removing such coupons as may have matured, the examination to be made in the presence of the state director of finance or the director's representative. [L 1935, c 25, §2; RL 1945, §6009; RL 1955, §138-17; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §46-52; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 46-53 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-53 Loans to the State.

 §46-53 Loans to the State. When there are county moneys which in the judgment of the county director of finance are in excess of the amounts necessary for the immediate county requirements, the county director of finance may, with the approval of the director's council, make temporary loans therefrom to the State if in the director's judgment the action will not impede or hamper the necessary financial operations of the county. The loans to the State may be made without interest, or at such rates of interest, and upon such other terms and conditions, as may be agreed upon between the county director of finance, and the state director of finance and as may be approved by the council and the governor. The loans shall be made only upon the request of the state director of finance, approved by the governor, and they shall be repayable upon the demand of the county director of finance. [L 1945, c 133, §2; RL 1955, §138-18; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §46-53; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 46-54 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-54 Collection of delinquent license fees, taxes, and other amounts.

 §46-54 Collection of delinquent license fees, taxes, and other amounts. In addition to the penalty or forfeiture prescribed by law, an action for the recovery of any delinquent license fees, taxes, or other amounts payable by law, may be brought by the director of finance of any county in the name of the county to which the license fee, tax, or other amount payable by law is due. [L 1943, c 175, §1; RL 1945, §6018; RL 1955, §138-19; HRS §46-54]
HI Rev Stat § 46-55 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-55 Schedule of council anticipated expenditures.

  §46-55 Schedule of council anticipated expenditures. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in any county where the population exceeds one hundred thousand, immediately following the enactment of the operating budget ordinance, the head of the legislative body of the county shall submit to the budget director of the county a schedule showing the expenditures of the body anticipated for each quarter of the fiscal year. The schedule shall not require the approval of nor can it be altered by the mayor and the legislative body may proceed without other authority to incur obligations or make expenditures after the schedule has been submitted. The director of finance shall approve or issue any requisition, purchase order, voucher, or warrant in accordance with the schedule and upon request of the legislative body. The schedule may be altered at any time by the body. [L 1970, c 207, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-56 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-56 Purchasing.

 §46-56 Purchasing. The director of finance of each county that does not have any centralized purchasing provision in its charter, may adopt rules and regulations governing the procurement and purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and services, subject to the requirements of chapter 103D. [L 1977, c 4, §1; am L Sp 1993, c 8, §54]