24-6 Travel expenses.
§24-6 Travel expenses. Travel expenses connected with official legislative business shall be allowed only upon the approval of the presiding officer of the respective house. [L 1969, c 5, pt of §1]
24-7 Legislative contingency funds.
§24-7 Legislative contingency funds. A senate contingency fund and a house contingency fund shall be established. Each fund shall consist of moneys provided by any appropriation made by the legislature for the expenses of the respective house. Appropriation for the senate contingency fund shall not exceed $10,000 per year and appropriation for the house contingency […]
24-8 Appropriation and payment.
§24-8 Appropriation and payment. Moneys provided by the allowances and funds authorized by this chapter shall be paid out of any available appropriation made by the legislature for expenses of the house concerned in the same manner as other expenses of the legislature not inconsistent with this chapter. [L 1969, c 5, pt of §1]
25-1 Reapportionment commission.
§25-1 Reapportionment commission. (a) A reapportionment commission shall be constituted before May 1 of each reapportionment year, and the members shall be appointed and certified to hold office until a general election is held under a reapportionment plan of the commission, or of a court of competent jurisdiction, or a new commission is constituted under […]
25-2 Duties.
§25-2 Duties. (a) Legislative reapportionment. The commission shall reapportion the members of each house of the legislature on the basis, method, and criteria prescribed by the Constitution of the United States and article IV of the Hawaii State Constitution. For purposes of legislative reapportionment, a “permanent resident” means a person having the person’s domiciliary in […]
25-3 Powers.
§25-3 Powers. The commission may require all such persons as it deems necessary to appear personally and testify before it and to produce to it all books, records, files, papers, maps and documents as shall appear to be necessary for the purpose of formulating a reapportionment plan. The chairperson of the commission or any member […]
25-4 Penalty for violation and false evidence.
§25-4 Penalty for violation and false evidence. Any person who, having been summoned under section 25-3 to give testimony or to produce any books, records, files, papers, maps and documents, wilfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any questions or wilfully gives false evidence shall be fined not more than $1,000, or […]
25-5 Compensation.
§25-5 Compensation. Each of the members of the reapportionment commission selected and certified shall, for the period the member holds the member’s office, receive compensation of $50 per meeting but not to exceed $1,000 per month and shall be allowed actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member’s duties. Payments for compensation […]
25-6 Cooperation.
§25-6 Cooperation. The commission may request and shall receive from every department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the State cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties. [L 1969, c 79, §6]
25-7 Apportionment advisory councils.
§25-7 Apportionment advisory councils. The apportionment advisory councils for the respective basic island units shall be constituted at the same time as the reapportionment commission and the members shall be appointed to hold their offices for such term in the manner prescribed in Article IV of the Constitution. Each advisory council shall serve in an […]