PART I. 
ORGANIZATION, GENERALLY



 



§26-1  Office of the lieutenant governor. 
(a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, the lieutenant governor is designated
the secretary of state for intergovernmental relations and shall perform the
duties and functions heretofore exercised by the secretary of Hawaii.  The
duties and functions shall include, but not be limited to, recordation of all
legislative and gubernatorial acts, certification of state documents, and
maintenance of an official file of rules adopted by state departments as
provided in chapter 91.  The lieutenant governor may employ staff as necessary
without regard to chapter 76.



(b)  The lieutenant governor, with the approval
of the governor, may designate some other officer of the government of the State
to authenticate documents on behalf of the lieutenant governor during the
lieutenant governor's temporary absence outside the State or during the
lieutenant governor's illness whenever the documents require the signature of
the lieutenant governor.  The person shall affix the person's own signature to
the document with the words, "for the lieutenant governor" following
and the signature shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement of the lieutenant
governor's signature on the document.  The designation and approval shall be in
writing and shall be filed in the office of the governor and a copy thereof,
certified by the governor, shall be filed with the public archives.  The person
so designated shall serve without additional compensation and the lieutenant
governor shall be responsible and liable on the lieutenant governor's official
bond for all acts done by the person so designated in the performance of the
duties on behalf of the lieutenant governor.



(c)  Nothing in this section shall be construed
to authorize the person to exercise and discharge the powers and duties of the
office of the governor as provided by the first paragraph of Article V, section
4, of the Constitution of the State.  The person shall not be authorized to
exercise any powers whenever a successor to the lieutenant governor assumes the
duties of the lieutenant governor pursuant to Article V, section 4, of the
Constitution.



(d)  In addition to the functions and duties
provided by law, the lieutenant governor shall assume administrative
responsibility for the office of information practices.



(e)  The governor shall identify and direct
other duties as necessary to the lieutenant governor. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §9;
am L 1963, c 30, §1; am L 1965, c 96, §10; Supp, §14A-8; HRS §26-1; am L 1981,
c 82, §5; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 213, §1; am L 1995, c 151, §2; am L Sp
1995, c 27, §§9, 15; am L 1998, c 137, §3; am L 1999, c 141, §3; am L 2000, c
253, §150; am L 2005, c 147, §1]