§356D-3  Board; establishment, functions,duties.  (a)  There is created a board of directors consisting of elevenmembers, of whom nine shall be public members appointed by the governor asprovided in section 26-34.  Public members shall be appointed from each of thecounties of Honolulu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.  At least one public membershall be a person who is directly assisted by the authority under the federallow-rent public housing or federal section 8 tenant-based housing assistancepayments program while serving on the board.  One public member shall be anadvocate for low-income or homeless persons.  One public member shall be aperson with a disability or an advocate for persons with disabilities.  Thepublic members of the board shall serve four-year staggered terms; providedthat the initial appointments shall be as follows:  four members shall beappointed for four years; three members shall be appointed for three years; andtwo members shall be appointed for two years.  The director of human services,or a designated representative, and a representative of the governor's office,shall be ex officio voting members.  The authority shall be headed by theboard.

(b)  The board of directors shall select achairperson and vice-chairperson from among its members.  The director of humanservices and the governor's representative shall be ineligible to serve aschairperson of the board.

(c)  Seven members shall constitute a quorum,whose affirmative vote shall be necessary for all actions by the authority. The members shall receive no compensation for services, but shall be entitledto necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the performanceof their duties. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 249, §34]