§128-3  Civil defense agency.  (a)  The
director of civil defense may, from funds allotted therefor, employ technical,
clerical, stenographic, and other personnel and make such expenditures as may
be necessary.



(b)  The director, subject to the direction and
control of the governor, shall be the executive head of the civil defense
agency.  The director shall coordinate the activities of all organizations for
civil defense within the State, public or private, and shall maintain liaison
with and cooperate with other civil defense agencies as provided in this
chapter.



(c)  There shall be a vice-director of civil
defense who shall be appointed and may be removed by the director.  The
vice-director shall be the first assistant to the director and shall, in the
absence of the director, have all the duties and responsibilities of the
director.  The vice-director shall be paid a salary not to exceed eighty-seven
per cent of the salary of the director of human resources development.  Chapter
76 shall not apply to the vice-director.



(d)  The director shall, with the approval of
the county council, appoint for each political subdivision a deputy director
who may be removed by the director.  Deputy directors shall serve without
compensation from the State but shall receive such compensation as may be
provided by the political subdivision pursuant to chapter 77.  Chapter 76 shall
apply to full-time deputy directors.  Part-time deputy directors may hold other
office or employment in the state government, or any political subdivision. 
Each deputy director, subject to the direction and control of the director,
shall be the head of all local organizations for civil defense within the
political subdivision for which the deputy director is appointed. [L 1951, c
268, pt of §2; RL 1955, §359-3; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §28; am L 1960, c 6, §2;
HRS §128-3; gen ch 1985; am L 1990, c 157, §2; am L 2005, c 226, §6]



 



Revision Note



 



  In subsection (d),
reference to "board of supervisors" deleted as obsolete.



 



Cross References



 



  Adjutant general as
director of civil defense, authority and organization, generally, see §26-21.