Bill Text: HI SB2135 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Boards and Commissions; Term Limits
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Referred to JDL. [SB2135 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2135-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to MEMBERS OF boards and commissions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 26-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) [The] Unless otherwise
provided by this chapter or by law hereafter enacted, the members of each
board and commission established by law shall be nominated and, by and with the
advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor. Unless otherwise
provided by this chapter or by law hereafter enacted, the terms of the members
shall be for four years; provided that the governor may reduce the terms of
those initially appointed so as to provide, as nearly as can be, for the
expiration of an equal number of terms at intervals of one year for each board
and commission. Unless otherwise provided by law, each term shall commence on
July 1 and expire on June 30, except that the terms of the
chairpersons of the board of agriculture, the board of land and natural
resources, and the Hawaiian homes commission shall commence on January 1
and expire on December 31. [No] Unless otherwise provided by
this chapter or by law hereafter enacted, no person shall be appointed
consecutively to more than two terms as a member of the same board or
commission; provided that membership on any board or commission shall not
exceed eight consecutive years."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Boards and Commissions; Term Limits
Description:
Clarifies when members of boards and commissions may be nominated in a manner other than by the governor pursuant to section 26-34(a), HRS. Clarifies when members of boards and commissions may serve for more than two terms and more than eight consecutive years.
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