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HI Rev Stat § 26-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-4 Structure of government.

 §26-4 Structure of government. Under the supervision of the governor, all executive and administrative offices, departments, and instrumentalities of the state government and their respective functions, powers, and duties shall be allocated among and within the following principal departments that are hereby established:  (1) Department of human resources development (Section 26-5)  (2) Department of accounting and general services (Section 26-6)  (3) Department of the attorney general (Section 26-7)  (4) Department of budget and finance (Section 26-8)  (5) Department of commerce and consumer affairs (Section 26-9)  (6) Department of taxation (Section 26-10)  (7) University of Hawaii (Section 26-11)  (8) Department of education (Section 26-12)  (9) Department of health (Section 26-13)  (10) Department of human services (Section 26-14)  (11) Department of land and natural resources (Section 26-15)  (12) Department of agriculture (Section 26-16)  (13) Department of Hawaiian home lands (Section 26-17)  (14) Department of business, economic development, and tourism (Section 26-18)  (15) Department of transportation (Section 26-19)  (16) Department of labor and industrial relations (Section 26-20)  (17) Department of defense (Section 26-21)  (18) Department of public safety (Section 26-14.6). [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §3; am L 1961, c 132, §1(a); am L 1963, c 2, §1 and c 114, § §2, 4; Supp, §14A-1; HRS §26-4; am L 1970, c 105, §4; am L 1982, c 204, §8; am L 1987, c 336, §3(1), c 338, §1(2), and c 339, §2(1); am L 1989, c 211, § §3, 4; am L 1990, c 293, §8; am L 1991, c 293, § §1, 5; am L 1994, c 56, §1] Cross References  Hawaii health authority, see chapter 322H. Attorney General Opinions  The office of the governor is a constitutional office established by §1 of article V of the state constitution and is not a principal department of the state executive branch listed in this section; thus, any agency that is not temporary and for special purposes cannot be validly placed within the office of the governor. Att. Gen Op. 96-1. Case Notes  Administrative agency is not a "person" under Civil Rights Act, 42 USCA §1983. 396 F. Supp. 375.  Presumption of constitutionality applies to policies set by state agencies. 56 H. 601, 546 P.2d 1005.
HI Rev Stat § 26-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-8 Department of budget and finance.

 §26-8 Department of budget and finance. (a) The department of budget and finance shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of finance.  (b) The department shall:  (1) Undertake the preparation and execution of the executive budget of the state government;  (2) Conduct a systematic and continuous review of the finances, organization, and methods of each department of the State to assist each department in achieving the most effective expenditure of all public funds and to determine that such expenditures are in accordance with the budget laws and controls in force;  (3) Have custody of state funds and be responsible for the safekeeping, management, investment, and disbursement thereof; and  (4) Administer state debts.  (c) The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the bureau of the budget (except for insurance management, surplus property management, and central purchasing transferred to the department of accounting and general services) and the funds custody, cash management, debt management, and administering of veterans loan functions of the treasurer as heretofore constituted are transferred to the department of budget and finance established by this chapter.  (d) The employees' retirement system as constituted by chapter 88 is placed within the department of budget and finance for administrative purposes. The functions, duties, and powers, subject to the administrative control of the director of finance, and the composition of the board of trustees of the employees' retirement system shall be as heretofore provided by law. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §2; Supp, §14A-13; HRS §26-8; am L 1971, c 107, §4; am L 1976, c 165, §7; am L Sp 1988, c 1, §4; am L 1989, c 26, §1; am L 1992, c 308, §3; am L 1995, c 126, §2; am L 1997, c 350, §3; am L 2014, c 108, §2] Case Notes  Budget expenditures of the department of education, discussed. 70 H. 253, 768 P.2d 1279.
HI Rev Stat § 26-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-10 Department of taxation.

 §26-10 Department of taxation. (a) The department of taxation shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of taxation.  (b) The department shall administer and enforce the tax revenue laws of the State and collect all taxes and other payments payable thereunder.  (c) The director of taxation shall visit low-income communities to assist taxpayers in the preparation of tax filings. The qualification of and the visitation to specific low-income communities shall be at the discretion of the director; provided that the visitation shall be on an annual basis and statewide.  (d) There shall be within the department of taxation a taxation board of review and a tax appeal court. The composition of the taxation board of review and the tax appeal court and their respective functions, duties, and powers shall be as provided in chapter 232.  (e) The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the office of tax commissioner as heretofore constituted are transferred to the department of taxation established by this chapter. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §16; Supp, §14A-15; am L 1967, c 37, §1(1); HRS §26-10; am L 2008, c 202, §3; am L 2021, c 118, §1] Case Notes  Where regulatory fees assessed against insurers by the insurance commissioner, an officer of the executive branch, for payment into the insurance regulation fund under §431:2-215 were transferred by the legislature via transfer bills from the insurance division into the general fund, and the regulatory fees became available for general purposes as if derived from general tax revenues, the transfers violated the separation of powers doctrine under the Hawaii constitution, article VIII, §3, and subsection (b). 120 H. 51, 201 P.3d 564.
HI Rev Stat § 26-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-11 University of Hawaii.

 §26-11 University of Hawaii. (a) The University of Hawaii shall be headed by an executive board to be known as the board of regents.  The board shall consist of eleven members. At least one member shall be a University of Hawaii student at the time of the initial appointment. The governor shall reduce the terms of those initially appointed to each seat on the board of regents to provide, as far as practicable, for the expiration of three terms each year; provided that the term of the student member shall not be reduced.  The members, except for the student member, shall represent and reside in the specified geographic areas as follows:  (1) Two members from the county of Hawaii;  (2) Two members from the county of Maui;  (3) One member from the county of Kauai; and  (4) Five members from the city and county of Honolulu.  The board shall have the power, in accordance with the Hawaii constitution and with law, to formulate policy and to exercise control over the university through its executive officer, the president of the university. The board shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the internal organization and management of the university.  (b) The board of regents shall appoint and may remove an executive officer to be known as the president of the University of Hawaii.  The University of Hawaii as heretofore constituted as a body corporate is continued as the University of Hawaii established by this chapter. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §17; am imp HB 253 (1964) and election Nov 3, 1964; Supp, §14A-16; HRS §26-11; am L 1971, c 143, §1; am L 1979, c 86, §3; am L 1996, c 266, §1; am L 1997, c 342, §1; am L 2007, c 56, §3; am L Sp 2008, c 9, §2; am L 2019, c 172, §2] Attorney General Opinions  The university is a constitutionally independent corporation and not an administrative or executive agency; the president need not satisfy the three-year residence requirement. Att. Gen. Op. 61-84.  Cited regarding regents' authority to delegate limited investment authority to external investment managers. Att. Gen. Op. 78-1.
HI Rev Stat § 26-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-13 Department of health.

  §26-13 Department of health. (a) The department of health shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of health.  The department shall administer programs designed to protect, preserve, care for, and improve the physical and mental health of the people of the State. Without limit to the generality of the foregoing, the programs shall include the administration and enforcement of matters and laws of public health of the State, including the state hospital, but excluding assistance and care for the indigent and the medically indigent.  (b) The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the board of health (excluding assistance and care for the indigent and the medically indigent) and the department of institutions with respect to the state hospital and the dental health treatment function of the department of public instruction as heretofore constituted are transferred to the department of health established by this chapter.  The governor shall define and differentiate dental health treatment from dental health instruction and shall provide for the gradual transfer of any personnel within the definition of dental health treatment to the department of health. This section shall not be construed to require the transfer from the department of education to the department of health of any dental hygienist having a teacher's certificate and employed by the department of public instruction immediately prior to November 25, 1959. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; Supp, §14A-18; HRS §26-13; am L 1974, c 252, §1; am L 1983, c 260, §1; am L 1995, c 189, § §1, 26; am L 1998, c 133, §5; am L 2019, c 210, §3] Cross References  Waimano ridge; approval and authorization for new or expanded uses, see §171-64.5.
HI Rev Stat § 26-14 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-14 Department of human services.

 §26-14 Department of human services. (a) The department of human services shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of human services.  (b) The department shall administer programs through an integrated and multigenerational approach designed to improve the social well-being, economic security, and productivity of the people of the State and to reduce the incidence of intergenerational poverty and dependence upon public benefits. Without limit to the generality of the foregoing, the department shall concern itself with problems of human behavior, adjustment, and daily living through the administration of programs of family, child and adult welfare, economic assistance, health care assistance, rehabilitation toward self-care and support, public housing, and other related programs provided by law.  (c) The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the department of public welfare, the bureau of sight conservation and work with the blind (except for the transcription services program transferred to the department of education), the council on veterans' affairs, and any other agency of the state or county governments with respect to the assistance and care of the indigent and medically indigent as heretofore constituted are transferred to the department of human services established by this chapter.  (d) The Hawaii public housing authority and the Hawaii state commission on the status of women are placed within the department of human services for administrative purposes only. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §20; am L 1961, c 128, §4; am L 1963, c 193, §4; am L 1965, c 175, §41(b); Supp, §14A-19; am L 1967, c 274, §2; HRS §26-14; am L 1969, c 42, §1; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1975, c 79, §1; am L 1976, c 92, § §6, 8; am L 1980, c 10, §1; am L 1983, c 74, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 338, §1(3) superseded by c 339, §2(2); am L 1993, c 197, §2; am L 1996, c 186, §1; am L 1997, c 350, §4; am L 2003, c 92, §2; am L 2005, c 147, §2; am L 2007, c 249, §41; am L 2019, c 82, §2] Cross References  State rehabilitation council, see §348-8. Attorney General Opinions  Qualifications of director construed. Att. Gen. Op. 62-18.
HI Rev Stat § 26-14.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-14.5 REPEALED.

 §26-14.5 REPEALED. L 1989, c 211, §11.
HI Rev Stat § 26-17 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-17 Department of Hawaiian home lands.

 §26-17 Department of Hawaiian home lands. The department of Hawaiian home lands shall be headed by an executive board to be known as the Hawaiian homes commission.  The commission shall be composed of nine members. The appointment, tenure, and removal of the members and the filling of vacancies on the commission shall be in accordance with section 26-34 and section 202(a) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended. The governor shall appoint the chairperson of the commission from among the members thereof.  The commission may delegate to the chairperson such duties, powers, and authority, or so much thereof as may be lawful or proper, for the performance of the functions vested in the commission.  The chairperson of the board shall serve in a full-time capacity and shall perform such duties, and exercise such powers and authority, or so much thereof as may be delegated to the chairperson by the board.  The department shall administer the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 as set forth in the Constitution of the State and by law.  The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the Hawaiian homes commission as heretofore constituted are transferred to the department of Hawaiian home lands established by this chapter. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §24; am L 1963, c 207, §6; am L 1965, c 223, §8(d); Supp, §14A-23; HRS §26-17; am L 1982, c 147, §2 superseded by c 273, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 265, §3; gen ch 1993] Law Journals and Reviews  Native Hawaiian Homestead Water Reservation Rights: Providing Good Living Conditions for Native Hawaiian Homesteaders. 25 UH L. Rev. 85.
HI Rev Stat § 26-18 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-18 Department of business, economic development, and tourism.

  §26-18 Department of business, economic development, and tourism. (a) The department of business, economic development, and tourism shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of business, economic development, and tourism.  The department shall undertake statewide business and economic development activities, undertake energy development and management, provide economic research and analysis, plan for the use of Hawaii's ocean resources, and encourage the development and promotion of industry and international commerce through programs established by law.  (b) The following are placed in the department of business, economic development, and tourism for administrative purposes as defined by section 26-35: Hawaii community development authority, Hawaii housing finance and development corporation, Hawaii technology development corporation, natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority, and any other boards and commissions as shall be provided by law.  (c) The department of business, economic development, and tourism shall be empowered to establish, modify, or abolish statistical boundaries for cities, towns, or villages in the State and shall publish, as expeditiously as possible, an up-to-date list of cities, towns, and villages after changes to statistical boundaries have been made. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §25; am L 1961, c 132, §1(h), (i); am L 1963, c 2, §1 and c 25, §2; Supp, §14A-24; HRS §26-18; am L 1981, c 98, §2; am L 1983, c 239, §2; am L 1987, c 336, §3(2) and c 337, §2; am L 1988, c 79, §1; am L 1989, c 26, §2; am L 1990, c 293, §8; am L 1991, c 3, §1; am L 1997, c 350, §5; am L 2003, c 92, §3; am L 2007, c 249, §42; am L 2015, c 35, §2; am L 2017, c 69, §4; am L 2021, c 153, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 26-19 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-19 Department of transportation.

 §26-19 Department of transportation. The department of transportation shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of transportation. The department shall establish, maintain, and operate transportation facilities of the State, including highways, airports, harbors, and such other transportation facilities and activities as may be authorized by law.  The department shall plan, develop, promote, and coordinate various transportation systems management programs that shall include, but not be limited to, alternate work and school hours programs, bicycling programs, and ridesharing programs.  The department shall develop and promote ridesharing programs which shall include but not be limited to, carpool and vanpool programs, and may assist organizations interested in promoting similar programs, arrange for contracts with private organizations to manage and operate these programs, and assist in the formulation of ridesharing arrangements. Ridesharing programs include informal arrangements in which two or more persons ride together in a motor vehicle.  The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the department of public works with respect to highways are transferred to the department of transportation established by this chapter.  On July 1, 1961, the Hawaii aeronautics commission, the board of harbor commissioners and the highway commission shall be abolished and their remaining functions, duties, and powers shall be transferred to the department of transportation. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; Supp, §14A-25; HRS §26-19; am L 1980, c 220, § §1, 2; am L 1981, c 140, §1; am L 1983, c 43, §1; am L 1984, c 233, §1; am L 1989, c 31, §2; am L 1993, c 224, § §2, 6; am L 1995, c 25, §1; am L 1997, c 309, §4; am L 2013, c 285, §1] Note  Department's bridge rehabilitation and replacement program; temporary exemption from certain construction requirements through June 30, 2022, or until completion. L 2012, c 218; L 2017, c 48.  Public land trust information system. L 2011, c 54; L 2013, c 110.
HI Rev Stat § 26-20 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-20 Department of labor and industrial relations.

 §26-20 Department of labor and industrial relations. The department of labor and industrial relations shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of labor and industrial relations.  The department shall administer programs designed to increase the economic security, physical and economic well-being, and productivity of workers, and to achieve good labor-management relations, including the administration of workers' compensation, employment security, apprenticeship training, wage and hour, and industrial relations laws. The department shall also have the function of developing, preparing, and disseminating information on employment, unemployment, and general labor market conditions.  The labor and industrial relations appeals board provided for in chapters 371 and 386 is placed within the department of labor and industrial relations for administrative purposes. The respective functions, duties, and powers, subject to the administrative control of the director of labor and industrial relations, and the composition of the board shall be as heretofore provided by law.  There shall be within the department of labor and industrial relations a board to be known as the Hawaii labor relations board as provided for in section 89-5, which shall exercise powers and duties in accordance with chapters 89, 377, and 396. The director shall have general administrative supervision over the board, but shall not have the power to supervise or control the board in the exercise of its powers or duties.  The functions of mediation heretofore exercised by the commission of labor and industrial relations existing immediately prior to November 25, 1959, as provided in section 371-10, shall be exercised by the governor or the governor's designated agent.  The director may establish within the department of labor and industrial relations a committee to be known as the state apprenticeship council which shall sit in an advisory capacity to the director of labor and industrial relations on matters within the jurisdiction of the department of labor and industrial relations relating to apprenticeship programs. The membership and organization of the council shall be determined by the director. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §27; am L 1963, c 27, §1; Supp, §14A-26; HRS §26-20; am L 1975, c 41, §1; am L 1985, c 251, §1; gen ch 1985, 1993; am L 1998, c 205, §1; am L 2002, c 104, §1; am L 2012, c 14, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 26-21 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-21 Department of defense.

 §26-21 Department of defense. (a) The department of defense shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the adjutant general. The adjutant general shall also be the director of the Hawaii emergency management agency as established in section 127A-3 and the director of homeland security.  The department shall be responsible for the defense of the State and its people from mass violence, originating from either human or natural causes.  The devolution of command of the military forces in the absence of the adjutant general shall be within the military establishment. The devolution of command of the Hawaii emergency management agency in the absence of the adjutant general, as director of the agency, shall be within the agency.  (b) The office of veterans' services and the advisory board on veterans' services as constituted by chapter 363 are placed within the department of defense for administrative purposes. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §28; Supp, §14A-27; HRS §26-21; am L 1969, c 122, §1; am L 1981, c 82, §2 and c 135, §4; am L 1988, c 115, §2; am L 2013, c 175, §3; am L 2014, c 111, §4] Cross References  Cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security coordinator, see §128B-1.
HI Rev Stat § 26-22 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-22 Transfer of functions.

 §26-22 Transfer of functions. Whenever the functions of a previously existing department, office, or other agency are transferred to any department established by this chapter, the newly established department shall succeed to all of the rights and powers exercised, and all of the duties and obligations incurred by the previously existing department, office, or agency in the exercise of the functions transferred, whether the powers, duties, and obligations are mentioned in or granted by any law, contract, or other document. All references in any such law, contract, or document to the previously existing department, office, or agency in connection with the functions transferred shall apply to the newly established department as if the latter were specifically named in the law, contract, or document in place of the previously existing department, office, or agency. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §31; Supp, §14A-30; HRS §26-22]