§94-3  Disposal of government recordsgenerally.  (a)  Each public officer, except public officers of thejudiciary and the legislative branch of government, having the care and custodyof any government records shall submit to the state comptroller a list ofrecords for disposal, which shall include the name of the office, department,or bureau, the subject of the records for disposal and the inclusive dates ofthe records.  The comptroller shall determine the disposition of the records;stating whether the records should be retained by the office, department, orbureau; be transferred to the public archives, the University of Hawaii, theHawaiian Historical Society, or other agency; or be destroyed.  The comptrollershall have full power of disposal of all records submitted for this purpose. The records of all records disposed of, including lists submitted by the publicofficers, and the action taken by the comptroller, shall be kept on properforms, specified by the comptroller, one copy of which shall be filed in theoffice, department, or bureau where the records originated, one copy shall befiled in the office of the attorney general, and the original shall be filed inthe public archives.

(b)  If requested, the comptroller shallprovide assistance to the legislative branch of government or any agency orentity therein in establishing policies relating to the disposal of governmentrecords. [L 1949, c 65, §1; RL 1955, §7-8; am L 1957, c 46, §§1, 2 and c 152,§1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §12; HRS §94-3; am L 1984, c 258, §2; am L 2005, c177, §6]