§40-53  Salary and pension payments.  (a) All payments for permanent settlements, specific and all other salaries, shallbe drawn by the comptroller, payable to each individual to whom the State isdirectly indebted, except as provided for in section 40-58.  No permanentsettlements nor salary checks shall be paid by the director of finance untilthe person in whose favor the check is drawn shall have indorsed the person'ssignature thereon.

(b)  All employees hired on or after July 1,1998, shall designate a financial institution account into which the State isauthorized to deposit the employee's pay.  The comptroller may waive therequirements of this section for any state employee upon request by the head ofthe employing department under policies prescribed by the comptroller.  Theimplementation of this section shall not be subject to negotiation underchapter 89. [L 1898, c 39, §11C; RL 1925, §1450; RL 1935, §577; RL 1945, §1581;RL 1955, §34-30; am L 1957, c 152, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c114, §1; HRS §40-53; gen ch 1985; am L 1998, c 110, §2; am L 2007, c 28, §1]