Hawaii Revised Statutes 26. Executive and Administrative Departments

PART I. ORGANIZATION, GENERALLY

• 26-1 Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
  [Section effective until June 30, 2016. For section effective July 1, 2016, see below.] (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the lieutenant governor is...
• 26-2 Order of Succession to Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
  (a) When the office of lieutenant governor is vacant by reason of the lieutenant governor's becoming governor, or the lieutenant governor's failure to qualify,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 26-5 Department of Human Resources Development.
  (a) The department of human resources development shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of human resources development....
• 26-6 Department of Accounting and General Services.
  (a) The department of accounting and general services shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the comptroller. (b) [Subsection effective...
• 26-7 Department of the Attorney General.
  The department of the attorney general shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the attorney general. The department shall administer...
• 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...
• 26-9 Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
  (a) The department of commerce and consumer affairs shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of commerce and...
• 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...
• 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...
• 26-12 Department of Education.
  The department of education shall be headed by an executive board to be known as the board of education. Under policies established by the...
• 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. There shall be, within...
• 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...
• 26-14.5 Repealed.
  L 1989, c 211, §11.
• 26-14.6 Department of Public Safety.
  (a) The department of public safety shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of public safety. (b) The...
• 26-15 Department of Land and Natural Resources.
  (a) The department of land and natural resources shall be headed by an executive board to be known as the board of land and...
• 26-16 Department of Agriculture.
  (a) The department of agriculture shall be headed by an executive board to be known as the board of agriculture. The board shall consist...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...

PART II. OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 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,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 26-34 Selection and Terms of Members of Boards and Commissions.
  (a) The members of each board and commission established by law shall be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the...
• 26-35 Administrative Supervision of Boards and Commissions.
  (a) Whenever any board or commission is established or placed within or transferred to a principal department for administrative purposes or subject to the...
• 26-35.5 Members of Boards and Commissions; Immunity From or Indemnification for Civil Liability; Defense of Members.
  (a) For purposes of this section, "member" means any person who is appointed, in accordance with the law, to serve on a temporary or...
• 26-36 Acting Members of Boards.
  The governor may appoint an acting member of any state board or commission to serve during the temporary absence from the State or the...
• 26-37 Substitutes for Officials Called Into Active Service.
  The head of any department or bureau of the State may employ such temporary assistants, subordinates, or employees as may be necessary in case...
• 26-38 Powers and Duties of Heads of Departments.
  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, every power and duty conferred by law and required to be performed by any officer, board, department,...
• 26-39 Department Staffs.
  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter and with the approval of the governor, the head of a department may establish or abolish any...
• 26-40 Repealed.
  L 1988, c 129, §1.
• 26-41 Temporary Boards and Commissions.
  The governor may establish such temporary boards and commissions as the governor may deem necessary to gather information or furnish advice for the executive...

PART III. SALARIES, CERTAIN STATE OFFICERS

• 26-51 Governor; Lieutenant Governor.
  Effective at noon on December 4, 2006, the salaries of the governor and the lieutenant governor shall be as last recommended by the executive...
• 26-52 Department Heads and Executive Officers.
  [Repeal and reenactment on June 30, 2024. L 2014, c 90, §4.] The salaries of the following state officers shall be as follows: (1) The...
• 26-53 Deputies or Assistants to Department Heads.
  Effective July 1, 2004, the salaries of deputies or assistants to the head of any department of the State, other than the department of...
• 26-54 Administrative Director of the State.
  Effective July 1, 2004, the salary of the administrative director of the State shall be as last recommended by the executive salary commission. Effective...
• 26-55 Repealed.
  L 2006, c 299, §11.
• 26-56 Commission on Salaries.
  (a) Pursuant to article XVI, section 3.5, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, there is established a commission on salaries within the...

Last modified: October 27, 2016