§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) The department shall:
For the purposes of this subsection:
"Light-duty motor vehicle" has the same meaning as defined in title 10 Code of Federal Regulations part 490.
"Multipurpose passenger vehicle" has the same meaning as defined in title 49 Code of Federal Regulations section 571.3.
"Passenger car" has the same meaning as defined in title 49 Code of Federal Regulations section 571.3.
"Truck" has the same meaning as defined in title 49 Code of Federal Regulations section 571.3.
"Zero-emission vehicle" has the same meaning as specified in title 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 88.1.
(c) The state communication system shall be established to:
(d) The department shall establish, coordinate, and manage a program to facilitate facility agreements between the State and private investors for the sale of facilities, excluding facilities managed or controlled by the department of transportation, to private investors; provided that each facility agreement contains the following requirements:
For purposes of this subsection:
"Building lease" means a contract between the department of accounting and general services and a private investor in which the private investor leases an improved facility to the department for a specified period of time.
"Facility" means a building under the management and control of any state department.
"Facility agreement" means an agreement between the State and a private investor that, at a minimum, includes a description of the work to be done, the sale price for the facility, the duration of the agreement, the roles and responsibilities of the State and the private investor, and the terms and conditions for the lease.
"Private investor" means a nongovernmental entity.
(e) The department may adopt rules as may be necessary or desirable for the operation and maintenance of public buildings; for the operation and implementation of a program to provide a means for public access to the State's information network system and public information; and for the implementation of facility agreements pursuant to subsection (d). The rules shall be adopted pursuant to chapter 91.
(f) The King Kamehameha celebration commission shall be placed within the department of accounting and general services for administrative purposes. The functions, duties, and powers, subject to the administrative control of the comptroller, and the composition of the commission shall be as heretofore provided by law.
(g) The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the comptroller, board of commissioners of public archives, the archivist, the disposal committee, and the insurance management, surplus property management, and central purchasing functions of the bureau of the budget and the nonhighway functions of the department of public works as heretofore constituted are transferred to the department of accounting and general services established by this chapter.
(h) The department of accounting and general services shall preserve and protect Washington Place, including the grounds and the historic residence situated on its premises at Miller and Beretania Streets in Honolulu. The department shall administer, manage, operate, and maintain Washington Place and the trust fund created under subsection (i).
(i) There is established a trust fund in the state treasury to be known as the Washington Place trust fund, into which shall be deposited:
All moneys deposited into the trust fund shall be expended by the department of accounting and general services and used exclusively to implement the provisions of subsection (h), including for staff salaries and fringe benefits, and shall not be transferred, nor subject to transfer, to the general fund or any other fund in the state treasury. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §12; am L 1963, c 77, §2; Supp, §14A-11; HRS §26-6; am L 1970, c 19, §1; am L 1981, c 82, §6; am L 1994, c 45, §1 and c 186, §2; am L 1995, c 126, §1; am L 2005, c 22, §1; am L 2013, c 113, §1; am L 2015, c 92, §2 and c 177, §3; am L 2016, c 58, §2; am L 2021, c 74, §7; am L 2024, c 19, §1 and c 140, §1]