Title 9, Public Property, Purchasing And Contracting

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS §107-1 Management of internal improvements. The comptroller is charged with the superintendence and management of the internal improvements of the State. [CC 1859, §167; RL 1925, §798; RL 1935, §1700; RL 1945, §4901; am L 1947, c 180, §1; RL 1955, §110-…

§107-1.5 Public works project assessment fund. (a) There shall be established in the department of accounting and general services a revolving fund to be known as the public works project assessment fund for the purposes of defraying costs involved in carrying out construction pr…

§107-10 Acquiring of real property; prior approval. No real property or any right, title, or interest therein shall be acquired by agreement, purchase, gift, devise, eminent domain, or otherwise, for any purpose, by the State or any department, agency, board, commission, or offic…

§107-11 Parking; control by comptroller. (a) The comptroller may assess and collect reasonable fees for parking for all government officials and employees, install parking meters, and restrict and otherwise control parking on all state lands within the comptroller's jurisdiction.…

§107-2 Surveys, maps, etc., lands, harbors, etc. The comptroller shall cause such surveys, maps, and plans of the government lands set aside for public purposes and of the harbors, and internal improvements to be made as the public interest may require, which surveys, maps, and p…

PART II. STATE BUILDING CODE AND DESIGN STANDARDS §107-21 Definitions. As used in this part: "Codes and standards" means nationally recognized minimum requirements that shall be met for design and construction to safeguard life, property, and the general welfare. "Council" means …

§107-22 State building code council. (a) There is established a state building code council. The council shall be placed within the department of accounting and general services for administrative purposes only. The council shall consist of twelve voting members and one nonvoting…

§107-23 Executive director and executive assistant; council budget. (a) The council shall appoint, exempt from chapters 76 and 89, an executive director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the council, and who shall have administrative abilities and experience with the building i…

§107-24 Authority and duties of the council. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the council shall establish the Hawaii state building codes. (b) The council shall appoint a subcommittee comprising the four council members representing county building officials, whose du…

§107-25 Hawaii state building codes; requirements. There is established the Hawaii state building codes applicable to all construction in the State of Hawaii. The Hawaii state building codes shall be based upon:

§107-26 Hawaii state building codes; prohibitions. In adopting the Hawaii state building codes, the council shall not adopt provisions that:

§107-27 Design of state buildings. (a) No later than one year after the adoption of codes or standards pursuant to section 107-24(c), the design of all state building construction shall be in compliance with the Hawaii state building codes, except state building construction shal…

§107-28 County authority to amend and adopt the Hawaii state building codes without council approval. (a) The governing body of each county shall amend, adopt, and update the Hawaii state building codes as they apply within their respective jurisdiction, in accordance with sectio…

[§107-29] Rules. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 necessary for the purposes of this part. [L 2007, c 82, pt of §2]

§107-3 Powers and duties of the department of accounting and general services. The powers and duties of the department of accounting and general services shall include:

[§107-30] Annual report. The department shall report to the legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular legislative session, on the council's activities and accomplishments. [L 2007, c 82, pt of §2]

[§107-31] State building code; compliance. The design of all state building construction shall be in compliance with the state building code within one year of its effective date. [L 2007, c 82, pt of §2]

[§107-32] Refrigerant use. No provision of the Hawaii state building codes or any county building code shall prohibit or otherwise limit the use of a refrigerant designated as acceptable for use pursuant to title 42 United States Code section 7671k; provided that any equipment co…

§107-4 Duties of counties relating to maps, surveyors, reports. Whenever any maps and metes and bounds descriptions are made by any county department or agency, a certified copy of such map and metes and bounds description shall be filed with the department of accounting and gene…

§107-5 Costs, fees and charges. The department of accounting and general services shall be reimbursed for the reasonable costs incurred in furnishing supplies and performing services for any other state department or agency in accordance with a schedule of fees and charges approv…

§107-6 Standards prescribed by department. All matters pertaining to land surveying, mapping, studying land titles and boundaries, preparing metes and bounds descriptions, setting centerline highway monuments, and other work related thereto performed by the department of transpor…

§107-7 Assistance of private employees authorized. The performance of work under this chapter may include the employment of private land surveyors, engineers, and photogrammetric engineering assistance when necessary, and the cost in connection therewith shall be borne by the dep…

§107-9 Appraisers of property, number. Whenever the laws of the State require the appraisal of property prior to sale or purchase, the number of appraisers shall be one or more but not more than three disinterested persons, the number to be determined in the discretion of the gov…