§8-5  King Kamehameha celebration
commission.  (a)  There shall be a commission to be known as the King
Kamehameha celebration commission placed within the department of accounting
and general services for administrative purposes.  The commission shall consist
of thirteen members to be appointed by the governor in the manner provided by
section 26-34.  The appointments shall be made from the following
organizations, with at least one member from each organization:



(1)  Royal Order of Kamehameha I;



(2)  ‘Ahahui Ka‘ahumanu;



(3)  Hale O Nā Ali‘i O Hawai‘i ‘Ahahui Po‘o;



(4)  Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors;



(5)  Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association;



(6)  Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs;



(7)  Waimanalo
Homesteaders Association;



(8)  Kapahulu Music Club; and



(9)  Papakolea Community Association.



In addition, the governor shall appoint one
member from each of the following islands:  Kaua‘i, Maui, Moloka‘i, and Hawai‘i. 
Each of these members shall be a resident of the respective island that the
member represents.



(b)  The terms of all appointments shall be
four years.  The governor shall appoint the chairperson of the commission from
among the members.



(c)  The members of the King Kamehameha
celebration commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled
to reimbursement for travel and necessary expenses while attending meetings and
while in discharge of their duties.  The comptroller shall reimburse the
members of the King Kamehameha celebration commission for all necessary
expenses incurred during the discharge of their duties.



(d)  The commission may appoint and dismiss an
arts program specialist and a part-time clerk typist, without regard to chapter
76, who shall serve at the commission's pleasure, and whose salaries shall be
provided through fees, public contributions, and private donations.



(e)  The commission shall have charge of all
arrangements for the celebration each year generally observed throughout Hawai‘i
Nei on June 11, to commemorate the memory of the great Polynesian Hawaiian
warrior and statesman King Kamehameha I, who united the Hawaiian Islands into
the Kingdom of Hawai‘i, and is recognized as such under section 8-1.  The
commission may appoint committees and delegate powers and duties to the
committees as it shall determine.



(f)  The comptroller shall account for all
moneys appropriated by the legislature, may raise funds to defray
administrative costs, and may accept donations of money and personal property
on behalf of the commission; provided that all donations accepted from private
sources shall be expended in the manner prescribed by the contributor, and all
moneys received from all sources shall be deposited into the commission's trust
account.



(g)  The commission shall be the coordinating
agency for all state sponsored as well as other celebration events staged
during the celebration period as designated by the commission to assure
activities planned are timely and appropriate to commemorate the memory of King
Kamehameha I.  The commission is authorized to determine to whom and for which
occasions permission is to be granted for the use of the statue of King
Kamehameha I.



(h)  The commission shall adopt rules pursuant
to chapter 91 necessary for the purpose of this section. [L 1939, c 227, §1; RL
1945, §12935; am L 1949, c 87, §1; RL 1955, §14-6; am L 1957, c 152, §1; am L
1959, c 117, §1; HRS §8-5; am L 1970, c 193, §1; am L 1972, c 50, §1; am L
1974, c 57, §1; am L 1981, c 220, §1; am L 1984, c 227, §2; gen ch 1985; am L
1988, c 220, §2; am L 1993, c 280, §2; am L 1997, c 189, §1; am L 1998, c 193,
§1; am L 2000, c 253, §150]



 



Cross References



 



  Acting members of commission, see §26-36.



  Commission placed within department of accounting and general
services for administrative purposes, see §26-6.



  Membership on other boards and commissions prohibited, see
§78-4.



  Quorum, see §92-15.