§26-6  Department of accounting and generalservices.  (a)  The department of accounting and general services shall beheaded by a single executive to be known as the comptroller.

(b)  The department shall:

(1)  Preaudit and conduct after-the-fact audits of thefinancial accounts of all state departments to determine the legality ofexpenditures and the accuracy of accounts;

(2)  Report to the governor and to each regularsession of the legislature as to the finances of each department of the State;

(3)  Administer the state risk management program;

(4)  Establish and manage motor pools;

(5)  Manage the preservation and disposal of allrecords of the State;

(6)  Undertake the program of centralized engineeringand office leasing services, including operation and maintenance of publicbuildings, for departments of the State;

(7)  Undertake the functions of the state surveyor;

(8)  Establish accounting and internal controlsystems;

(9)  Provide centralized computer informationmanagement and processing services, coordination in the use of all informationprocessing equipment, software, facilities, and services in the executivebranch of the State, and consultation and support services in the use ofinformation processing and management technologies to improve the efficiency,effectiveness, and productivity of state government programs; and

(10)  Establish, coordinate, and manage a program toprovide a means for public access to public information and develop and operatean information network in conjunction with its overall plans for establishing acommunication backbone for state government.

(c)  The state communication system shall beestablished to:

(1)  Facilitate implementation of the State'sdistributed information processing and information resource management plans;

(2)  Improve data, voice, and video communications instate government;

(3)  Provide a means for connectivity among the state,university, and county computer systems; and

(4)  Provide a long-term means for public access topublic information.

(d)  The department may adopt rules as may benecessary or desirable for the operation and maintenance of public buildings,and for the operation and implementation of a program to provide a means forpublic access to the State's information network system and publicinformation.  The rules shall be adopted pursuant to chapter 91.

(e)  The King Kamehameha celebration commissionshall be placed within the department of accounting and general services foradministrative purposes.  The functions, duties, and powers, subject to theadministrative control of the comptroller, and the composition of thecommission shall be as heretofore provided by law.

(f)  The functions and authority heretoforeexercised by the comptroller, board of commissioners of public archives, thearchivist, the disposal committee, and the insurance management, surplusproperty management, and central purchasing functions of the bureau of thebudget and the nonhighway functions of the department of public works asheretofore constituted are transferred to the department of accounting andgeneral services established by this chapter. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §12; am L1963, c 77, §2; Supp, §14A-11; HRS §26-6; am L 1970, c 19, §1; am L 1981, c 82,§6; am L 1994, c 45, §1 and c 186, §2; am L 1995, c 126, §1; am L 2005, c 22,§1]

 

Cross References

 

  Access Hawaii committee (management of State's internetportal), see chapter 27G.