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

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

(c)  The department of accounting and generalservices, with the approval of the office of Hawaiian affairs, may continue toperform the payroll function of the office, including the issuance of salarychecks for the office's employees. [L 2005, c 107, §1]