Title 3, Legislature

§21-1 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures governing legislative investigating committees to provide for the creation and operation of legislative investigating committees in a manner which will enable them to perform properly the powers and duties vest…

§21-10 Conduct of hearings. (a) All hearings of an investigating committee shall be public unless the committee, by two-thirds vote of all of its members, determines that a hearing should not be open to the public in a particular instance. (b) The chairperson of an investigating …

§21-11 Right to counsel and submission of questions. (a) Every witness at a hearing of an investigating committee may be accompanied by counsel of the witness' own choosing, who may advise the witness as to the witness' rights, subject to reasonable limitations which the committe…

§21-12 Testimony. (a) An investigating committee shall cause a record to be made of all proceedings in which testimony or other evidence is demanded or adduced, which record shall include rulings of the chair, questions of the committee and its staff, the testimony or responses o…

§21-13 Interested persons. (a) Any person whose name is mentioned or who is otherwise identified during a hearing of an investigating committee and who, in the opinion of the committee, may be adversely affected thereby, may, upon the person's request or upon the request of any m…

§21-14 Contempt. (a) A person shall be in contempt if the person: (b) An investigating committee may, by majority vote of all its members, report to the legislature or the house thereof by which it was established, any instance of alleged contempt. The president or speaker shall …

§21-15 Penalties. (a) A person guilty of contempt under this chapter shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year or both. (b) If any investigating committee fails in any material respect to comply with the requirements of this chapter, any person subj…

§21-16 Government officer and employees to cooperate. The officers and employees of the State and of each county shall cooperate with any investigating committee or committees or with their representatives and furnish to them or to their representatives such information as may be…

§21-17 Sergeants-at-arms; powers and duties. The sergeant-at-arms of each house of the legislature, and each of the sergeant-at-arms' deputies appointed by authority of such house, shall:

§21-18 Same; badge. The symbol of the office of the sergeant-at-arms of each house of the legislature shall be a metal badge in such form as such house shall adopt, bearing the words, among others, "Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, State of Hawaii", or "Sergeant-at-Arms of the Hou…

§21-19 Limitations. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit or prohibit the acquisition of evidence or information by an investigating committee by any lawful means not provided for herein. [L 1969, c 211, pt of §1]

§21-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Hearing" means any meeting in the course of an investigatory proceeding, other than a preliminary conference or interview at which no testimony is taken under oath, conducted by an investigating committee for the purpose of taking test…

§21-3 Establishment of investigating committees by legislature. (a) An investigating committee may exercise its powers during sessions of the legislature, and also in the interim between sessions when so provided by law or by the concurrent or single house resolution or statute b…

§21-4 Adoption of rules. Each investigating committee shall adopt rules, not inconsistent with law or any applicable rules of the legislature, governing its procedures, including the conduct of hearings. [L 1969, c 211, pt of §1]

§21-5 Finances and staff. Each investigating committee may employ such professional, technical, clerical, or other personnel as necessary for the proper performance of its duties, to the extent of funds made available to it for such purpose and subject to such restrictions and pr…

§21-6 Membership, quorum, voting. (a) An investigating committee shall consist of not less than five members. (b) A quorum shall consist of a majority of the total authorized membership of the committee. (c) No action shall be taken by a committee at any meeting unless a quorum i…

§21-7 Hearings. (a) An investigating committee may hold hearings appropriate for the performance of its duties, at such times and places as the committee determines. (b) The committee shall provide by its rules that each member of the committee be given at least three days writte…

§21-8 Issuance of subpoenas. (a) The president or speaker or other presiding officer of either house of the legislature may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum requiring the production of books, documents, or other evidence, in any matt…

§21-9 Notice to witnesses. (a) Service of a subpoena requiring the attendance of a person at a hearing of an investigating committee shall be made at least five days prior to the date of the hearing unless a shorter period of time is authorized by majority vote of all the members…

[§21B-1] Articles of impeachment; hearing. Impeachment of the governor or lieutenant governor shall be instituted in the house of representatives by introduction and adoption of a resolution appointing managers of the house of representatives to prepare and recommend articles of …

[§21B-2] Causes for impeachment. The house of representatives shall have the power of impeachment of the governor or lieutenant governor for malfeasance in office, corruption, dereliction of duty, or other high crimes or misdemeanors. Impeachment shall not extend beyond removal f…

[§21D-1] Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: "ACCESS/legislative information services" means the information service provided by the legislature through on-line information networks; including, without limitation, HAWIAN. "HAWIAN" means th…

[§21D‑2] Purpose. The purpose of the ACCESS/legislative information service is to provide certain legislative information and services prepared by the legislature through one or more on-line information networks and to increase the accessibility by the public and state government…

[§21D-3] Warranty; limitation of liability. Use of the ACCESS/legislative information service on the HAWIAN gateway network is at the sole risk of the user. The legislature makes no warranty or representation of any kind, either express or implied. The legislature provides access…

[§21D-4] Rights to data and system software. The legislature is the sole and exclusive owner of all rights, titles, and interests in and to legislatively-generated databases, including but not limited to all computer software and certain data. [L 1990, c 348, pt of §1]

§21D-5 Hawaii legislative publications special fund; established. (a) There is established a Hawaii legislative publications special fund within the treasury of the State into which shall be deposited: All interest accrued by the revenues of the fund shall become part of the fund…

[§21D-6 Joint legislative access committee.] There is established the joint legislative access committee which shall be composed of members of the legislature. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall each appoint a co-chair and two member…

[§21E-1] Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Committee" means the joint legislative management committee established under this chapter. "Legislative service agency" means the office of the auditor, the office of the legislative reference…

[§21E-2] Establishment of the joint legislative management committee; members; terms; vacancies. (a) There is established within the legislature a bipartisan joint legislative management committee to supervise, develop policy, and coordinate activities for all legislative service…

[§21E-3] Meetings and attendance of quorum. The members of the committee shall meet at times and places as specified by a call of the co-chairpersons or a majority of the committee. The committee shall prescribe rules for its own management and government. Six members of the comm…

[§21E-4] Powers and duties. The committee shall be responsible for establishing general policy and evaluating, supervising, and coordinating activities among the legislative service agencies. The committee shall:

[§21F-1] Purpose. The legislature finds that most states have a separate fiscal policy office in the legislative branch that works effectively to provide the legislature with necessary revenue and expenditure data and analyses from which economic and fiscal policies are developed…

[§21F-2] Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: "Committee" means the joint legislative budget committee. "House" means the state house of representatives. "Office" means the office of the legislative analyst. "Senate" means the state senate.…

[§21F-3] Joint legislative budget committee established; purpose. The joint legislative budget committee is hereby established. The committee shall ascertain facts and make recommendations to the legislature and to the houses thereof concerning: the state budget; the revenues and…

[§21F-4] Selection of members; co-chairpersons; filling vacancies. The committee shall consist of five members of the senate and five members of the house who shall be selected in the manner provided for in the rules of the senate and the rules of the house. The president of the …

[§21F-5] Rules. The committee is authorized to adopt rules governing its own proceedings and to create subcommittees from its membership and assign to the subcommittees any study, inquiry, investigation, or hearing that the committee itself has authority to undertake or hold. [L …

[§21F-6] Office of the legislative analyst established. (a) There is established the office of the legislative analyst to be administered by the committee. The committee shall appoint a legislative analyst who shall serve for a period of four years. The committee, by a three-four…

[§21F-7] General purposes of analyst. (a) The purpose of the office of the legislative analyst shall be: (b) In performing the duties under subsection (a), the legislative analyst shall consider, among other things:

[§21F-8] Agencies to cooperate. All departments, agencies, and education institutions of the executive and judicial branches, the office of Hawaiian affairs, and the University of Hawaii shall comply with requests of the office of the legislative analyst for information, data, es…

[§21G-1] Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a permanent public access program to ensure improved public participation in the legislative process. [L 1994, c 259, pt of §2]

§21G-2 Public access room established. (a) There is established in the state capitol a public access room in which members of the public shall be allowed to utilize various equipment, services, and facilities to enhance their ability to participate in the legislative process. (b)…

[§21G-3] Legislative broadcast program established. (a) There is established in the state capitol a legislative broadcast program that shall become part of the legislature's permanent public access program. (b) The legislative broadcast program shall be supervised by the joint le…

§22-1 Presiding officer, tenure. The presiding officer and vice-presiding officer of each house of the legislature shall retain their respective offices, and shall discharge duties appropriate to their offices in the interim between sessions of the legislature, until such time as…

§22-2 Succession to presiding office of senate and house of representatives. In case of the removal from office, or the death, resignation, absence from the State, or other inability of the presiding officer of the senate or the house of representatives to discharge the duties of…

§22-3 Clerk, tenure. The clerk of each house of the legislature shall, during sessions of the legislature, devote full time to the duties of the clerk's office; the clerk shall continue to hold office as clerk and shall discharge duties appropriate to the clerk's office in the in…

§22-4 Permanent staffing. Each house of the legislature may by appropriate rules provide for permanent professional staffing for each respective house. Persons appointed shall perform and observe such duties and responsibilities as may be assigned to them, and they may be called …

§22-5 Payment of legislative bills and accounts. During any session the clerk of each house shall pay all bills and accounts as shall be approved in accordance with the rules of the respective houses. When either house is not in session the clerk shall pay all bills and accounts …

[§22-6] Notice of proposed constitutional amendments. Upon the adoption of any bill that proposes a constitutional amendment, the clerks of each house of the legislature shall publish the text of the proposed constitutional amendment in accordance with article XVII, section 3 of …

[PART I. OFFICE OF AUDITOR PROPER] §23-1 Definition. As used in this chapter: "Departments, offices, and agencies" means and includes all executive departments, boards, commissions, bureaus, offices, agencies, and all independent commissions and other establishments of the state …

§23-10 Penalty for violation and false evidence. Any person summoned or subpoenaed as provided in section 23-5 to give testimony or to produce any accounts, books, records, files, papers, documents, or other evidence relating to any matter under inquiry, who wilfully makes defaul…