PART I. 
ADMINISTRATION



 



§36-1  Responsibility for moneys.  The
director of finance shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all moneys paid
into the treasury, and for the proper disbursement and appropriation thereof,
pursuant to the laws; and the director shall be liable therefor on the
director's official bond, provided that in case of the larceny or embezzlement
of any moneys, by any officer of the director's department, or other persons,
the director shall be allowed to give that fact, and that the director had no
collusive knowledge thereof, in evidence, and the establishment of these facts
shall discharge the director from responsibility. [CC 1859, §473; RL 1925,
§1247; RL 1935, §2206; RL 1945, §5807; RL 1955, §132-7; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1,
§14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §36-1; am L 1972, c 6, §1; gen ch 1985]



 



Cross References



 



  Generally, see §26-8.