Title 4, State Organization And Administration, Generally

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS §27-1 Functions of statewide concern. The purpose of the chapter is to fix responsibility for certain functions, which are of statewide concern, in the state government. These functions which are declared to be state functions are as follows:

PART II. SCHOOLS §27-11 Planning, construction, and improvements of public school facilities and grounds; custodial and janitorial services for public schools; transportation of school children. The following functions and services, heretofore performed by the several counties un…

§27-14 Transfer of real property. No real property or improvements thereon belonging to the several counties and used in the performance of the functions and services covered in this part shall be required to be conveyed to the State; provided that any real property and improveme…

§27-2 Assignment of functions by governor; report. The governor may assign the functions in section 27-1, except the administration and operation of district courts, to such respective department or departments as can most appropriately and effectively perform the functions. [L 1…

§27-21.4 Transfer of real property. The several counties shall convey to the State all of their respective interests in and to any real property and the improvements used in the functional areas covered by section 27-21.1 and which are directly related to and necessary for the op…

§27-21.6 Functions reassigned to the counties. The following functions are hereby reassigned to the several counties:

PART IV. JUNIOR POLICE §27-26 Junior police officer training programs. The State shall appropriate funds to facilitate the training programs of the several junior police organizations, and shall make adequate provisions by procuring insurance and assuming liability on the part of…

§27-3 Rights and powers transferred; bond obligations. The state department to which functions have been assigned by the governor shall succeed to all the rights and powers exercised, and all of the duties and obligations incurred by the counties in the exercise of the functions …

PART V. HIGHWAYS; PARKS; HISTORICAL SITES §27-31 Maintenance of state highways. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the governor may enter into contracts with the several counties for their services in the repair and maintenance of state highways, which may include roadway m…

§27-32 Maintenance of state parks. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the governor may enter into contracts with the several counties for their services in the repair, maintenance, and operation of the buildings and grounds of state parks and historical sites. In addition t…

§27-4 Offenses and penalties not affected; suits and actions. No offense committed and no penalty or forfeiture incurred under the laws of the State or any county ordinance or rule or regulation shall be affected by the assignment of functions to the State by this chapter; provid…

PART VII. [TECHNOLOGY] [§27-41] Special advisor for technology development. (a) There is established within the office of the governor a special advisor for technology development to be appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34. (b) The duties of the special advisor …

[§27-41.1] Definitions. For purposes of this part: "Data" means final versions of statistical or factual information: "Data set" means a named collection of related records on an electronic storage device, with the collection containing individual data units organized or formatte…

§27-43 Office of enterprise technology services; chief information officer; information technology steering committee; establishment; responsibilities. (a) There is established within the department of accounting and general services the office of enterprise technology services, …

[§27-43.5] Additional duties of the chief information officer relating to security of government information. (a) The chief information officer shall provide for periodic security audits of all executive branch departments and agencies regarding the protection of government infor…

[§27-43.6] Additional duties of the chief information officer relating to independent verification and validation of information technology projects of the executive branch. (a) The chief information officer shall identify the information technology projects of the executive bran…

§27-44 Chief data officer; electronic data set availability; updates. (a) There is established within the office of enterprise technology services a full-time chief data officer to develop, implement, and manage statewide data policies, procedures, and standards pursuant to secti…

[§27-44.1] State liability for data sets. Data sets shall be available for informational purposes only. The State does not warrant the fitness of any data set for a particular purpose and shall not be liable for any deficiencies in the completeness or accuracy of any data set, ex…

§27-44.2 Data set licensing. The chief data officer may make the departments' electronic data sets on data.hawaii.gov or a successor website designated by the chief data officer available to third parties pursuant to a license that may require the licensee to allow any user to co…

§27-44.3 Data set policies and procedures. (a) The chief data officer, in consultation with the data task force and the office of information practices, shall develop policies and procedures to implement section 27-44, including standards to determine the data sets that are appro…

[§27-45] Broadband-related permits; automatic approval. (a) The State shall approve, approve with modification, or disapprove all applications for broadband-related permits within sixty days of submission of a complete permit application and full payment of any applicable fee; pr…

[§27-46] Multilingual accessibility standards. (a) The office of enterprise technology services, in consultation with the office of language access, shall develop multilingual accessibility standards to provide technical guidance to state entities regarding public access to vital…

§27-5 Modification to preserve federal aid or bond obligations. The governor may, only to the extent necessary to preserve the receipt of any federal aid and not to impair the obligation of the State or counties to the holders of any bonds issued by the State or counties, modify …

[PART VIII. HAWAII PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIPS BOARD] [§27-51] Hawaii performance partnerships board; establishment. (a) There is established within the office of the governor, on a special and temporary basis, the Hawaii performance partnerships board. (b) The board shall consist o…

[§27-52] Duties of the board. The board shall:

[§27-53] Annual report. The board shall prepare an annual report on progress towards key community outcomes adopted by the legislature, which shall be transmitted to the governor, the legislature, and the public. [L 1999, c 160, §15]

[§27-54] Data collection relating to the well-being of Hawaii's children and families. (a) The Hawaii performance partnerships board with the assistance of the center on the family at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, shall establish key indicators and data sets relevant to the …

[§27-6] Extended state information and services provided. The office of the governor shall receive and review requests from state agencies for providing information and services to the public. Upon determination of needed extension services, the office shall solicit the aid and c…

§27-7 Departmental data sharing. (a) The department of education; the executive office on early learning; the university of Hawaii; the department of labor and industrial relations; the department of human services; the department of taxation; the department of business, economic…

[Part X.] broadband office [§27-71] Definitions. As used in this part: "Broadband" means high-speed internet access that is always on, including mobile and fixed technologies. "Digital equity" means a condition in which all individuals and communities have the information technol…

[§27-72] Broadband office; establishment; strategic broadband coordinator; staff. (a) There is established the broadband office within the department of accounting and general services for administrative purposes only. (b) Without regard to section 26-34, the governor shall appoi…

[§27-73] Broadband office; duties. In furtherance of the State's objectives and policies for the economy pursuant to section 226-10.5, the broadband office shall:

[§27-74] Broadband planning and coordination; cooperation. (a) The broadband office shall: (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to delegate, or detract in any way from, the functions, powers, and duties conferred by law or rule on any department or agency of the State o…

[§27-75] Broadband revolving fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury the broadband revolving fund to be administered by the broadband office, into which shall be deposited: All interest earned or accrued on moneys deposited into the revolving fund shall become a part…

§27-8 Contracts for food; percentage to be grown within the State. (a) The department of education, department of health, department of corrections and rehabilitation, department of defense, and university of Hawaii system shall each ensure that a certain percentage of the food p…

[§27-9] Public employee parking facilities. (a) The department of accounting and general services, in collaboration with the department of transportation, shall develop, implement, administer, and manage a program to allow two or more public employees of the State to share the co…