§17-7 Board of trustees, office of Hawaiian affairs. (a) Whenever any vacancy in the membership of the board of trustees occurs, the term of which ends at the next succeeding general election, the vacancy shall be filled by a two-thirds vote of the remaining members of the board. If the board fails to fill the vacancy within sixty days after it occurs, the governor shall fill the vacancy within ninety days after the vacancy occurs. When island residency is required under section 13D-1, the person so appointed shall reside on the island from which the vacancy occurred, and shall serve for the duration of the unexpired term.
(b) In the case of a vacancy, the term of which does not end at the next succeeding general election:
(c) All appointments made by the board or the governor under this section shall be made without consideration of the appointee's party preference or nonpartisanship. [L 1979, c 196, §9; am L 1980, c 247, §4; am L 1990, c 35, §4; am L 2012, c 26, §1; am L 2013, c 287, §4]