Chapter 23G — Chapter 23G

PART I. OFFICE GENERALLY §23G-1 Legislative reference bureau; director, appointment, tenure, removal, compensation, vacancy. The office of the legislative reference bureau is established. The legislature, by a majority vote of each house in joint session, shall appoint a director…

PART II. STATUTE REVISION AND PUBLICATION §23G-11 Revisor of statutes. The director of the office of the legislative reference bureau, or a member of the staff of the bureau delegated by the director, shall be the revisor of statutes of the State. [L Sp 1977 1st, c 8, pt of §1]

§23G-12 Duties. In performing the function of statute revision and publication of session laws, and supplements, and replacement volumes, the duties of the revisor of statutes, in the order of priority shall be:

§23G-13 Publishing of session laws. As soon as possible after the close of each session of the legislature, the revisor of statutes shall prepare for publication all laws duly enacted at such session, arranged in the order of their becoming law, together with a suitable index and…

§23G-14 Publication of supplements. As soon as possible after the close of each regular session of the legislature, the revisor of statutes, subject to section 23G-15, shall prepare for publication a cumulative supplement to the last revision of the laws of Hawaii. The supplement…

§23G-15 Supplements and replacement volumes; extent of revision; prima facie the law. In preparing the supplements and replacement volumes, the revisor of statutes may: The matter set forth in the supplements and replacement volumes shall be prima facie evidence of the law. [L Sp…

§23G-16 Publication of replacement volumes. The revisor of statutes may replace and bring up to date the permanent volumes of the revised laws. The revisor of statutes shall incorporate in the replacement volumes all laws enacted by the legislature since the volumes to be replace…

§23G-16.5 Printing of acts to be included in publications. Whenever, in any act, statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and new material is underscored as a matter of bill drafting style, the revisor, in printing the act in any publication except the Session Laws of Hawai…

§23G-17 Printing; contracts. The office of the legislative reference bureau shall cause sufficient copies of the session laws, supplements, and replacement volumes to be printed. The bureau may contract for the publications with or without regard to the laws governing public cont…

§23G-18 Sale and distribution. The session laws, supplements, and replacement volumes shall be sold and distributed by the lieutenant governor at a price fixed by the lieutenant governor. The money received therefor shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the gener…

§23G-19 Review of annotations. The revisor of statutes shall examine the annotations to the congressional acts and state statutes in the latest revised laws for the purpose of checking their accuracy and appropriateness and shall make the necessary corrections or other changes. T…

§23G-2 Assistant; staff. (a) The director shall appoint a first assistant and other officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the bureau. All employees, including the first assistant, shall be hired by the director and shall serve at the director's …

§23G-20 Continuous statutory revision. The revisor of statutes shall conduct a systematic and continuing study of the laws of Hawaii for the purpose of reducing their number and bulk, removing inconsistencies, redundancies, unnecessary repetitions and otherwise improving their cl…

§23G-3 General purposes of bureau. The purpose of the office of the legislative reference bureau shall be to: