Bill Text: HI SB533 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To State Boards And Commissions.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [SB533 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB533-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The
legislature finds that existing law allows a member of a state board or
commission to continue as a holdover member until a successor is nominated and
appointed. However, clarification in the
law is needed to address situations where a board or commission member's
nomination for appointment or reappointment is withdrawn by the governor before
the senate has an opportunity to complete the advice and consent process. The legislature further finds that if a
member's nomination for reappointment has been withdrawn for cause by the governor,
that nominee should not then be able to continue as a holdover member on a
board or commission.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to
clarify that any member of a state board or commission whose nomination for appointment
or reappointment is withdrawn for cause by the governor prior to the senate's advice
and consent action shall be considered disqualified, and if nominated for
reappointment, the member of a state board or commission shall be ineligible to
continue to serve as a holdover member beyond the member's most recent term of
appointment.
SECTION 2. Section 26-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Any member of a board or commission whose
term has expired and who is not disqualified for membership under subsection
(a) may continue in office as a holdover member until a successor is nominated
and appointed; provided that a holdover member shall not hold office beyond the
end of the second regular legislative session following the expiration of the
member's term of office[.]; provided further that any member whose
nomination for appointment or reappointment is withdrawn for cause by the
governor prior to an advice and consent action by the senate shall be
considered disqualified, and in the case of the nomination for reappointment, the
member shall be ineligible to continue to serve as a holdover member beyond the
member's most recent term of appointment."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Boards and Commissions; Holdover Members; Qualifications; Governor; Appointment
Description:
Clarifies that any member of a state board or commission whose nomination for appointment or reappointment is withdrawn for cause by the governor prior to the senate's advice and consent action shall be considered disqualified, and in the case of the nomination for reappointment, the member shall be ineligible to continue to serve as a holdover member beyond the member's most recent term of appointment. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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