§128-13  Power and authority of local
organizations.  Each political subdivision shall have the power and
authority:



(1)  Deputy director's staff.  To provide, for the
deputy director of such political subdivision, an assistant or assistants whose
appointment shall be approved by the director of civil defense, and such
technical, clerical, stenographic, and other personnel, office space,
furniture, equipment, supplies, and funds as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this chapter.  Chapter 76 shall apply to the full-time deputy
director or the deputy director's first assistant.



(2)  Appropriations, etc.  To make appropriations and
authorize expenditures for the purposes of this chapter, including the power to
place under the control of the governor, for expenditure as matching funds for
federal aid, or for any purpose within the powers of the governor, moneys
appropriated by it; to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for the
purposes of this chapter out of the normal revenues or fund balances or
surpluses of the political subdivision, notwithstanding any legal restrictions
upon the purposes for which the funds may be expended, except that pension and
retirement funds, funds set aside for the redemption of bonds or the payment of
interest thereon, trust funds, loan funds, and funds received from the federal
government or from any person for specific purposes shall not be affected.



(3)  Procurement, etc.  To purchase, make, produce,
construct, rent, lease, or procure by condemnation, or otherwise, transport,
store, install, maintain, and insure, repair, renovate, restore, replace or
reconstruct, and distribute, furnish or otherwise dispose of, with or without
charges, materials and facilities for civil defense; and to procure federal aid
therefor whenever feasible.  Chapter 103D, sections 103-50, 103-50.5, 103-53,
103-55, 105-1 to 105-10, and 464-4 shall not apply to any civil defense
functions of and to the extent that the mayor finds that the provisions, in
whole or in part, impede or tend to impede the expeditious discharge of the
functions, or that compliance therewith is impracticable due to existing
conditions.



(4)  Personnel.  To provide for the appointment,
employment, training, equipping, and maintaining, with compensation, or on a
volunteer basis without compensation and without regard to chapters 76, 78, and
88 of such agencies, officers, and other persons as it deems necessary to carry
out this chapter; to determine to what extent any law prohibiting the holding
of more than one office or employment applies to the agencies, officers, and
other persons; and subject to section 128-15, to provide for the interchange of
personnel, by detail, transfer or otherwise, between agencies or departments of
the political subdivision, or between political subdivisions.



(5)  Contributions.  To receive, expend, or use
contributions or grants in money, property, or services, or loans of property,
or special contributions or grants in money, property, or services, or loans of
property, for special purposes provided for by this chapter.



(6)  Charges.  To make charges in such cases and in
such amounts as it deems advisable, for any property sold, work performed,
services rendered, or accommodations or facilities furnished by the political
subdivision under this chapter.



(7)  Contracts.  To make or authorize such contracts
as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.



(8)  Mutual aid plans.  To participate in and carry
out mutual aid plans and agreements or compacts, sponsored or developed by the
state civil defense agency.



(9)  Continuity of government.  To insure continuity
of government during a civil defense emergency period, the legislative body of
a county may by ordinance, unless otherwise provided by law, provide the
procedure for the appointment and designation of stand-by officers for the
legislative body and the elected chief executive of the county for the
emergency period, who shall serve in the event of the unavailability of the
officers for whom they stand by. [L 1951, c 268, pt of §2; RL 1955, §359-13; am
L 1960, c 6, §3; am L 1964, c 4, §2; HRS §128-13; gen ch 1985; am L Sp 1993, c
8, §16; am L 1999, c 149, §25; am L 2002, c 148, §16]



 



Note



 



  Section 103-50.5
referred to in text is repealed.