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HI Rev Stat § 23G-16.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|23G. Office of the Legislative Reference Bureau|23G-16.5 Printing of acts to be included in publications.

 §23G-16.5 Printing of acts to be included in publications. Whenever, in any act, statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and new material is underscored as a matter of bill drafting style, the revisor, in printing the act in any publication except the Session Laws of Hawaii, need not include the brackets, the bracketed material, or the underscoring. In printing the Session Laws of Hawaii, the revisor shall include the brackets, the bracketed material, and the underscoring, except when the underscoring indicates the addition of a new section of law or when the bracketed material indicates the repeal of a section of law in which case the underscoring and the bracketed material may be omitted. [L 1978, c 80, §1; am L 1982, c 7, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 23G-17 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|23G. Office of the Legislative Reference Bureau|23G-17 Printing; contracts.

 §23G-17 Printing; contracts. The office of the legislative reference bureau shall cause sufficient copies of the session laws, supplements, and replacement volumes to be printed. The bureau may contract for the publications with or without regard to the laws governing public contracts or public printing. The completed volumes of the session laws, supplements, and replacement volumes shall be delivered to the lieutenant governor for distribution. [L Sp 1977 1st, c 8, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 23G-18 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|23G. Office of the Legislative Reference Bureau|23G-18 Sale and distribution.

 §23G-18 Sale and distribution. The session laws, supplements, and replacement volumes shall be sold and distributed by the lieutenant governor at a price fixed by the lieutenant governor. The money received therefor shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general fund. The lieutenant governor may furnish the session laws, supplements, and replacement volumes to public officials for official use free of charge. As used in this chapter, public officials include officials of the state and county governments, of the congressional delegation of the State, of the United States District Court, District of Hawaii, and of the United States Attorney's Office in Hawaii. [L Sp 1977 1st, c 8, pt of §1; am L 1978, c 125, §1; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 23G-19 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|23G. Office of the Legislative Reference Bureau|23G-19 Review of annotations.

 §23G-19 Review of annotations. The revisor of statutes shall examine the annotations to the congressional acts and state statutes in the latest revised laws for the purpose of checking their accuracy and appropriateness and shall make the necessary corrections or other changes. The revised annotations, or appropriate parts thereof, when completed, shall be incorporated in the supplements and replacement volumes to the revisions of the laws of the State. [L Sp 1977 1st, c 8, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 23G-20 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|23G. Office of the Legislative Reference Bureau|23G-20 Continuous statutory revision.

 §23G-20 Continuous statutory revision. The revisor of statutes shall conduct a systematic and continuing study of the laws of Hawaii for the purpose of reducing their number and bulk, removing inconsistencies, redundancies, unnecessary repetitions and otherwise improving their clarity. For these purposes the revisor shall:  (1) Prepare and submit to the legislature, prior to each regular session thereof, a report as to defects in the laws and statutes of Hawaii, and draft in the form of bills and resolutions proposed legislation to carry out the recommendations contained in the report;  (2) Prepare for submission to the legislature, from time to time, a rewriting and revision, either complete, partial, or topical of the laws of Hawaii. [L Sp 1977 1st, c 8, pt of §1] Case Notes  Revised laws, when enacted, have same validity as any new enactment though from standpoint of interpretation they are construed as continuations of previously existing laws. 283 F.2d 86.  Revised laws may be enacted by a separate short act, and such enactment gives force of law to provisions that may constitutionally be enacted in form contained therein, even if derived from an unconstitutional statute. 17 H. 566; 25 H. 638, 640.  Statutes carried into a revision retained their original effect unless legislative intent to make a change is clear. 23 H. 91, 95; 28 H. 744, 751; 29 H. 820, 824. This is particularly true where statute has been construed before its incorporation into the revision. 23 H. 91, 95. See also 24 H. 258, 262.  Section of revised laws construed by reference to original act though portions of the section as originally enacted omitted from revised laws. 33 H. 915, 916.
HI Rev Stat § 24-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|24. Allowance and Salary for Legislators|24-1 Allowance for incidental expenses.

 §24-1 Allowance for incidental expenses. Each member of the legislature shall receive an annual allowance of $7,500, which amount is to cover incidental expenses connected with legislative duties and the amount shall be payable in a manner prescribed by the respective rules of each house; provided that when the legislative salary is increased, the legislative allowance shall be increased by the same percentage. [L 1969, c 5, pt of §1; am L 1975, c 2, §1; am L 1981, c 2, §1; am L 1987, c 2, §1; am L 2005, c 119, §2] Attorney General Opinions  During legislative sessions, members of the legislature also serving as members of the advisory committee on statutory revision cannot receive the additional per diem allowed members of the committee. Att. Gen. Op. 67-8.  Legislature has authority to increase amount of allowance by amending this section and may make increase effective upon approval of amendment. Att. Gen. Op. 75-1.
HI Rev Stat § 24-1.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|24. Allowance and Salary for Legislators|24-1.5 Payment of legislative salaries.

  §24-1.5 Payment of legislative salaries. The annual salary of any legislator, as determined pursuant to Article III, section 9, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, shall be paid in equal amounts, beginning with the first pay period for state employees in November of the year the legislator is elected. [L 1984, c 171, §1(1)]
HI Rev Stat § 24-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|24. Allowance and Salary for Legislators|24-2 Allowance for non-Oahu legislator during session.

 §24-2 Allowance for non-Oahu legislator during session. A member of the legislature whose legal residence is on an island other than Oahu shall receive an additional allowance to cover all personal expenses such as board, lodging, and incidental expenses but not travel expenses. The allowance under this section shall be set at a single rate that will:  (1) Not exceed the greater of the maximum allowance for such expenses payable to any public officer or employee of the federal government or the State;  (2) Be reasonably calculated to cover the expenses specified in this section; and   (3) Be determined jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives for the legislature as a whole. The allowance shall be paid to each member at the rate prescribed for each day, from the first to the last day of each session, including Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and days of recess pursuant to the mandatory recess required by article III, section 10, of the Constitution or a concurrent resolution, except for days of recess when a session of the legislature is recessed for more than three days pursuant to a concurrent resolution and for days of unexcused absence of the member from a meeting of the respective house. [L 1969, c 5, pt of §1; am L 1981, c 2, §2; am L 1983, c 80, §1; am L 2005, c 222, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 24-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|24. Allowance and Salary for Legislators|24-3 Allowance for expenses while traveling on official legislative business during a session within the State.

 §24-3 Allowance for expenses while traveling on official legislative business during a session within the State. A member of the legislature whose legal residence is on the island of Oahu and who is required to remain away from the island of the member's legal residence but within the State overnight or longer while on official legislative business during a session and when authorized by the presiding officer of the respective house, shall receive an allowance to cover all personal expenses such as board, lodging, and incidental expenses but not travel expenses. The allowance under this section shall be set at a single rate that will:  (1) Not exceed the greater of the maximum allowance for such expenses payable to any public officer or employee of the federal government or the State;  (2) Be reasonably calculated to cover the expenses specified in this section; and   (3) Be determined jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives for the legislature as a whole. [L 1969, c 5, pt of §1; am L 1981, c 164, §1(1); am L 1983, c 80, §2; am L 2005, c 222, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 24-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|24. Allowance and Salary for Legislators|24-4 Allowance for expenses while on official legislative business during period of recess and interim official legislative business.

  §24-4 Allowance for expenses while on official legislative business during period of recess and interim official legislative business. When a session of the legislature is recessed for more than three days pursuant to a concurrent resolution or for any interim official legislative business, a member of the legislature while on official legislative business on the island of the member's legal residence and when authorized by the presiding officer of the respective house, shall receive an allowance of $10 a day to cover personal expenses.  When a session of the legislature is recessed for more than three days pursuant to the mandatory recess required by article III, section 10, of the Constitution or a concurrent resolution or for any interim official legislative business, a member of the legislature who is required to remain away from the island of the member's legal residence but within the State overnight or longer while on official legislative business and when authorized by the presiding officer of the respective house, shall receive an allowance to cover all personal expenses such as board, lodging, and incidental expenses but not travel expenses. The allowance under this section shall be set at a single rate that will:  (1) Not exceed the greater of the maximum allowance for such expenses payable to any public officer or employee of the federal government or the State;  (2) Be reasonably calculated to cover the expenses specified in this section; and   (3) Be determined jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives for the legislature as a whole. [L 1969, c 5, pt of §1; am L 1981, c 2, §3 and c 164, §1(2); gen ch 1985; am L 2005, c 222, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 24-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|24. Allowance and Salary for Legislators|24-5 Allowance for expenses while traveling on official legislative business without the State.

 §24-5 Allowance for expenses while traveling on official legislative business without the State. A member of the legislature while traveling without the State on official legislative business and when authorized by the presiding officer of the respective house, shall receive an allowance to cover all personal expenses, such as board, lodging, and incidental expenses but not travel expenses. The allowance under this section shall be set at a single rate that will:  (1) Not exceed the greater of the maximum allowance for such expenses payable to any public officer or employee of the federal government or the State;  (2) Be reasonably calculated to cover the expenses specified in this section; and   (3) Be determined jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives for the legislature as a whole. The allowance shall be in addition to the allowance that the member may be entitled to receive under section 24-2. [L 1969, c 5, pt of §1; am L 1981, c 164, §1(3); gen ch 1985; am L 2005, c 222, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 24-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|24. Allowance and Salary for Legislators|24-6 Travel expenses.

 §24-6 Travel expenses. Travel expenses connected with official legislative business shall be allowed only upon the approval of the presiding officer of the respective house. [L 1969, c 5, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 24-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|24. Allowance and Salary for Legislators|24-7 Legislative contingency funds.

 §24-7 Legislative contingency funds. A senate contingency fund and a house contingency fund shall be established. Each fund shall consist of moneys provided by any appropriation made by the legislature for the expenses of the respective house. Appropriation for the senate contingency fund shall not exceed $10,000 per year and appropriation for the house contingency fund shall not exceed $15,000 per year. Each fund is to be used to cover the expenses of social occasions hosted by each house as a whole and other social occasions as authorized by the presiding officer of the respective house. No moneys shall be expended from such funds except for such occasions and except upon approval by the presiding officer of the respective house.  Every expenditure made from each fund shall be accountable to the legislature. [L 1969, c 5, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 24-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|24. Allowance and Salary for Legislators|24-8 Appropriation and payment.

 §24-8 Appropriation and payment. Moneys provided by the allowances and funds authorized by this chapter shall be paid out of any available appropriation made by the legislature for expenses of the house concerned in the same manner as other expenses of the legislature not inconsistent with this chapter. [L 1969, c 5, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 25-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|25. Reapportionment|25-1 Reapportionment commission.

 §25-1 Reapportionment commission. (a) A reapportionment commission shall be constituted before May 1 of each reapportionment year, and the members shall be appointed and certified to hold office until a general election is held under a reapportionment plan of the commission, or of a court of competent jurisdiction, or a new commission is constituted under article IV, section 2 of the state constitution, whichever event shall occur first.  (b) The reapportionment commission shall be placed within the office of elections for administrative purposes only.   (c) In each regular session of the legislature that immediately precedes a reapportionment year, the chief election officer shall request an appropriation that is separate from the office of elections' operating budget and sufficient to enable the commission to carry out its duties, to be effective in the year in which the reapportionment commission is constituted. [L 1969, c 79, §1; am L 1979, c 51, §2; am L 1982, c 249, §2; am L 1992, c 320, §2; am L 2012, c 223, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 25-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|25. Reapportionment|25-3 Powers.

 §25-3 Powers. The commission may require all such persons as it deems necessary to appear personally and testify before it and to produce to it all books, records, files, papers, maps and documents as shall appear to be necessary for the purpose of formulating a reapportionment plan. The chairperson of the commission or any member thereof acting on behalf of the chairperson shall have power to administer oaths to persons summoned to appear before the commission and such persons may be questioned, under oath, concerning all matters necessary for the due execution of the duties vested in the commission by the Constitution and by this chapter. All hearings and proceedings shall be governed by this chapter and by rules of practice and procedure established by the commission. A majority of its membership shall constitute a quorum to do business, and the concurrence of a majority of its membership shall be necessary to make any action of the commission valid. Meetings shall be called and held at the call of the chairperson or by a quorum. [L 1969, c 79, §3; gen ch 1993]
HI Rev Stat § 25-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|25. Reapportionment|25-4 Penalty for violation and false evidence.

 §25-4 Penalty for violation and false evidence. Any person who, having been summoned under section 25-3 to give testimony or to produce any books, records, files, papers, maps and documents, wilfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any questions or wilfully gives false evidence shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both. [L 1969, c 79, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 25-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|25. Reapportionment|25-5 Compensation.

 §25-5 Compensation. Each of the members of the reapportionment commission selected and certified shall, for the period the member holds the member's office, receive compensation of $50 per meeting but not to exceed $1,000 per month and shall be allowed actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member's duties. Payments for compensation and expenses shall be paid by warrants signed by the comptroller upon vouchers properly endorsed by the chairperson of the commission. The members of the commission shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 76. [L 1969, c 79, §5; am L 1973, c 217, §9(a); gen ch 1985, 1993; am L 2000, c 253, §150]
HI Rev Stat § 25-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|25. Reapportionment|25-6 Cooperation.

 §25-6 Cooperation. The commission may request and shall receive from every department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the State cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties. [L 1969, c 79, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 25-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|25. Reapportionment|25-7 Apportionment advisory councils.

 §25-7 Apportionment advisory councils. The apportionment advisory councils for the respective basic island units shall be constituted at the same time as the reapportionment commission and the members shall be appointed to hold their offices for such term in the manner prescribed in Article IV of the Constitution. Each advisory council shall serve in an advisory capacity to the reapportionment commission as to matters affecting its basic island unit. Each member shall be a registered voter of the member's basic island unit. A member of a council shall, for the period the member holds the member's office, receive compensation of $50 per meeting but not to exceed $500 per month and shall be allowed actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member's duties. Payments for compensation and expenses shall be made by warrants signed by the comptroller on vouchers properly endorsed by the chairperson of the appropriate advisory council. The members of the council shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 76. Each council shall elect its own chairperson and may elect other officers as may be necessary to carry out its functions. Meetings shall be called and held at the call of the chairperson or by a quorum which shall be a majority of the members. [L 1969, c 79, §7; am L 1973, c 217, §9(b); am L 1979, c 51, §4; gen ch 1993; am L 2000, c 253, §150]
HI Rev Stat § 25-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|25. Reapportionment|25-8 Records, reports.

 §25-8 Records, reports. The commission shall keep a written record of its meetings and hearings and shall submit a written report to the legislature twenty days prior to the regular session next convening. [L 1969, c 79, §8; am L 1992, c 320, §4] Law Journals and Reviews  Ensuring the Right to Equal Representation: How to Prepare or Challenge Legislative Reapportionment Plans. 5 UH L. Rev. 1. Case Notes  Reapportionment and redistricting of senatorial and representative districts for the State effective as of the 1982 elections. 552 F. Supp. 554.  Departure from strict adherence to allocation under method of equal proportions permitted to balance off inequities. 55 H. 85, 515 P.2d 1253.  Determination that first senatorial district shall consist of the whole island of Hawaii does not violate criterion set forth in article III, §4 of the state constitution that "insofar as practicable, districts shall be compact." 55 H. 89, 515 P.2d 1249.
HI Rev Stat § 25-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 3. Legislature|25. Reapportionment|25-9 Commission; continuance after challenge of plan.

  §25-9 Commission; continuance after challenge of plan. In the event of a successful court challenge of a reapportionment plan, the reapportionment commission shall continue in operation and may assist the court in formulating a new reapportionment plan. [L 1992, c 320, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 26-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally|26. Executive and Administrative Departments|26-3 Position of administrative director created.

 §26-3 Position of administrative director created. The governor shall appoint, and may remove, an administrative director, without regard to chapter 76. The administrative director shall be experienced in the operations of government. The administrative director shall assist the governor by gathering and collating information concerning the functioning of the state government, by establishing and maintaining liaison among the several departments, by preparing the agenda for cabinet meetings, by administering management improvement programs, and in such other manner as the governor may direct.  The administrative director shall be a member of the state employees' retirement system and shall be included under the operations of the federal social security program or any other state or federal employee benefit program generally applicable to officers and employees of the State. [L 1959, c 273, § §1, 2; am L 1962, c 28, §24; am L 1965, c 223, §8(a); Supp, §14A-7; HRS §26-3; gen ch 1985; am L 2000, c 253, §150]