§109-1 Stadium authority; appointment, terms. (a) There shall be within the department of business, economic development, and tourism for administrative purposes only, a stadium authority whose responsibility shall be to maintain, operate, and manage the stadium development district. The authority shall consist of eleven members. Eight members shall be appointed by the governor in the manner prescribed by section 26-34.
Of the eight public members:
Each public member of the authority shall have been a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State for at least five years next preceding the member's appointment. The remaining three members shall include the director of business, economic development, and tourism or the director's designee, who shall be an ex officio voting member, and the president of the University of Hawaii and superintendent of education, or their designees, who shall be ex officio nonvoting members of the authority.
(b) The chairperson of the authority shall be elected by the majority of the members of the authority. The term of each member shall be four years; provided that:
No person shall be appointed consecutively to more than two terms as a member of the authority. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of any unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.
(c) The members of the authority shall serve without compensation and shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. [L 1970, c 172, §1; am L 1971, c 125, pt of §1; am L 1980, c 302, pt of §2; gen ch 1985, 1993; am L 1999, c 160, §7; am L 2016, c 61, §3; am L 2021, c 146, §1; am L 2022, c 220, §6]