Bill Text: HI SB654 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Advice And Consent Of The Senate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session. [SB654 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB654-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 26-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§26-31
Selection and terms of single executives as heads of departments[.];
selection of deputy directors of departments. (a) Except as otherwise provided by the
Constitution of the State or by this chapter, each principal department shall
be headed by a single executive, who shall be nominated and, by and with the
advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor, for a term to
expire at the end of the term for which the governor was elected. A vacancy occurring during a term shall be
filled for the unexpired balance of the term, subject to the provisions of
Article V, section 6 of the Constitution of the State. The governor may remove a single executive
from office at any time, except that the removal of the attorney general shall
be subject to the advice and consent of the senate.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by the Constitution of the State or by this chapter, the deputy director and deputy chair of each principal department shall be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor, single executive of a principal department, or the chair of the board, commission, or other body."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:
State Departments; Deputy Directors; Senate Advice and Consent
Description:
Requires nominees for the position of deputy director of principal departments to be subject to advice and consent of the senate.
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