§88-182  Members: appointment, terms,removals.  Except in the counties of Hawaii and Maui, each pension boardshall consist of five members to be appointed for terms of five years. Theoriginal members shall be appointed for staggered terms so that one shallexpire on June 30 of each year.  All vacancies occurring otherwise than byexpiration of the term shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of theunexpired term. One of the members shall be named by the appointing power aschairperson.  The members shall be appointed by the mayor, or chairperson ofthe council of the county, as the case may be, with the approval of thecouncil, and the members may be removed by the appointing power with theapproval of the following number of other members of the council:  in the cityand county of Honolulu, five; in the county of Kauai, three.

The pension board for the county of Maui andthe county of Hawaii shall consist of the chairperson of the council of thecounty, the county auditor, and the county treasurer. [L 1937, c 237, §1; am L1939, c 112, pt of §1(a); am L 1943, c 116, §§1, 2; RL 1945, pt of §6184; RL1955, §6-161; HRS §88-182; am L 1998, c 124, §7]