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2023 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)]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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.
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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 corrections and rehabilitation (Section 26-14.6); and
(19) Department of law enforcement (Section 26-14.8). [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; am L 2022, c 278, § §3, 20]
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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally › 26. Executive and Administrative Departments › 26-14.8 Department of law enforcement.

§26-14.8 Department of law enforcement.
(a) The department of law enforcement shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of law enforcement.
(b) The director of law enforcement shall appoint, without regard to chapter 76, two deputy directors to serve at the director's pleasure. Unless otherwise assigned by the director, one deputy director shall oversee the law enforcement programs of the department of law enforcement and one deputy director shall oversee administration of the department of law enforcement.
(c) The department of law enforcement shall be responsible for the formulation and implementation of state policies and objectives for security, law enforcement, and public safety programs and functions, for the service of process, and for the security of state buildings and state land. [L 2022, c 278, §2]
2023 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.
2023 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]
2023 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
Public land trust information system. L 2011, c 54; L 2013, c 110.
2023 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]
2023 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.
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; am L 2022, c 278, §37]
Cross References
Cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security coordinator, see §128B-1.
2023 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]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally › 26. Executive and Administrative Departments › 26-23 Assignment of functions.

§26-23 Assignment of functions.
Any executive or administrative function of the state government that may not have been allocated to a principal department by this chapter shall be assigned by the governor to that department which the governor deems can most appropriately and effectively perform the function. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §37; Supp, §14A-33; HRS §26-23; gen ch 1985]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally › 26. Executive and Administrative Departments › 26-24 Agencies and offices abolished.

§26-24 Agencies and offices abolished.
The following agencies and offices and their respective boards and commissions as heretofore constituted are abolished: board of commissioners of agriculture and forestry, bureau of the budget, commission on children and youth, economic planning and coordination authority, board of commissioners of public archives, territorial planning office, Hawaii development council, department of public works, territorial highway department, treasury department, office of the tax commissioner, tax appeal court, boards of (tax) review, comptroller, high sheriff, territorial loyalty board, board of health, department of institutions, advisory boards on institutions, territorial hospital and Waimano home appeal commission, bureau of sight conservation and work with the blind, department of public welfare, public welfare board, council on veterans' affairs, library of Hawaii, Hawaii county library managing board, Maui county libraries managing board, board of public lands, commissioner of public lands, territorial surveyor, bureau of conveyances, hydrographer, board of appraisers, territorial commission on historical sites, Hawaii water authority, Hawaii soil conservation committee, farm loan board of Hawaii, airport zoning board, commission of labor and industrial relations, department of labor and industrial relations, Hawaii employment relations board, apprenticeship council, military department, civil defense agency, civil defense advisory council, board of prison inspectors, dental health advisory committee, territorial advisory committee for hospitals and medical care, fishery advisory committees, voting machine board, disposal committee, board of disposal, commission on ground water resources, Hawaii land development authority, department of attorney general, commission to promote uniform legislation, department of civil service, civil service commission, department of public instruction, board of commissioners of public instruction, university of Hawaii, board of regents of the university of Hawaii, and Hawaiian homes commission.
The following agencies and offices and their respective boards and commissions shall expire at such time provided in this Act: Kauai county libraries managing board, Hawaii aeronautics commission, board of harbor commissioners, and fair commission of Hawaii. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §38; Supp, §14A-34; HRS §26-24; am L 1989, c 211, §10; am L 1990, c 281, §11]
Note
This "Act" refers to L Sp 1959 2d, c 1.
The amendment made by L 2014, c 111, §28 is not included in this section.
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally › 26. Executive and Administrative Departments › 26-25 Services to the judiciary and legislature.

§26-25 Services to the judiciary and legislature.
Any executive department may provide services to the judiciary and the legislature, but nothing in this part and this chapter shall be construed as granting any authority to the governor or any department to exercise control over the organization, programs, functions, operations, and expenditures of the judiciary and the legislature. [L 1974, c 159, §2]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally › 26. Executive and Administrative Departments › 26-31 Selection and terms of single executives as heads of departments.

§26-31 Selection and terms of single executives as heads of departments.
Except as otherwise provided by the Constitution of the State or by this chapter, each principal department shall be headed by a single executive, who shall be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor, for a term to expire at the end of the term for which the governor was elected. A vacancy occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired balance of the term, subject to the provisions of Article V, section 6 of the Constitution of the State. The governor may remove a single executive from office at any time, except that the removal of the attorney general shall be subject to the advice and consent of the senate. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §4; Supp, §14A-2; HRS §26-31; am L 1969, c 24, §1]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally › 26. Executive and Administrative Departments › 26-32 Acting heads of departments; appointment of; responsibility for acts of.

§26-32 Acting heads of departments; appointment of; responsibility for acts of.
Any officer for the performance of whose duties in his absence or illness no other provision is made by law, may, with the approval of the governor, designate some other officer in his department, bureau, or office to act in his temporary absence or illness. The designation shall be in writing and shall be filed in the office of the lieutenant governor. The respective heads of departments shall be responsible and liable on their official bonds for all acts done or performed by the persons designated to act in their absence as herein prescribed; except that responsibility for property during absence may be transferred upon the written consent of the governor.
The persons so designated shall, during the temporary absence or illness of the head of the office, have all the powers of the head of the office and shall be known as the acting head, but shall not be entitled to any additional compensation while so acting. [L 1909, c 21, § §1 and 2; RL 1925, §169; am imp L 1933, c 148, §4; RL 1935, §130; RL 1945, §479; RL 1955, §7-22; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, § §9, 38; HRS §26-32]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally › 26. Executive and Administrative Departments › 26-33 Performance of duties of vacant office.

§26-33 Performance of duties of vacant office.
In the event of a vacancy in any office for which the governor has the power of appointment or nomination, the governor may designate some other officer or employee of the State to perform the duties of the vacant office until the office is filled. The authority derived from this section shall not continue for a longer period than sixty days after the vacancy occurs.
An officer or employee designated to perform the duties of a vacant office shall, so long as the authority continues, receive the compensation attached to the vacant office, or the compensation attached to the officer's or employee's regular office or employment, whichever is the higher. [L 1953, c 278, §11; RL 1955, §7-23; HRS §26-33; gen ch 1985]