[§10-4.5]  Authority over disbursements. 
(a)  Except as provided in subsection (b), and notwithstanding any other law to
the contrary, the office shall have and exercise the power to make all
necessary and appropriate disbursements of its moneys by issuing checks in its
own name and by any other means.



(b)  The office shall have and exercise the
power to deposit any of its moneys in any banking institution within or outside
the State, to the extent necessary to implement subsection (a).



(c)  The department of accounting and general
services, with the approval of the office of Hawaiian affairs, may continue to
perform the payroll function of the office, including the issuance of salary
checks for the office's employees. [L 2005, c 107, §1]