§601-2 Administration. (a) The chief justice shall be the administrative head of the judiciary. The chief justice shall make a report to the legislature, at each regular session thereof, of the business of the judiciary and of the administration of justice throughout the State. The chief justice shall present to the legislature a unified budget, six-year program and financial plan, and variance report for all of the programs of the judiciary. The chief justice shall also submit to the legislature annual routine repair and maintenance reports for judiciary-owned buildings, facilities, and other improvements that substantially comply with chapter 37, part VII. The chief justice shall direct the administration of the judiciary, with responsibility for the efficient operation of all of the courts and for the expeditious dispatch of all judicial business.
(b) The chief justice shall possess the following powers, subject to rules as may be adopted by the supreme court:
(c) The budget, supplemental budget, six-year program and financial plan, and the variance report of the judiciary shall be submitted by the chief justice to the legislature in accordance with the schedule of submission specified for the governor in chapter 37 and shall contain the program information prescribed in that chapter as applicable to the judiciary. By November 1 of each year preceding a legislative session in which a budget is to be submitted, the chief justice shall provide written notification to the governor of the proposed total expenditures, by cost categories and sources of funding, and estimated revenues of the judiciary for each fiscal year of the next fiscal biennium or fiscal year, as applicable. [L 1959, c 259, pt of §1(b); am imp L 1965, c 97, §24; Supp, §213-1.5; HRS §601-2; am L 1972, c 88, §1(a), (b); am L 1974, c 159, §15; am L 1977, c 159, §17; gen ch 1985; am L 2015, c 148, §5 and c 160, §9; am L 2016, c 55, §17 and c 233, §3]