§367-3  Powers and duties of commission. The commission shall:

(1)  Act as a central clearinghouse and coordinatingbody for governmental and nongovernmental activities and information relatingto the status of women;

(2)  Create public awareness and understanding of theresponsibilities, needs, potentials, and contributions of women and their rolesin the changing society;

(3)  Recommend legislative and administrative actionon equal treatment and opportunities for women;

(4)  Encourage a long-range program of education ofwomen in their political rights and responsibilities, particularly with respectto their voting duties;

(5)  Maintain contacts with appropriate federal,state, local, and international agencies concerned with the status of women;

(6)  Cooperate and collaborate with national groups onthe status of women and arrange for participation by representatives of theState in White House conferences and other national conferences from time totime;

(7)  Administer funds allocated for its work; beauthorized to accept, disburse, and allocate funds that may become availablefrom other governmental and private sources; provided that all such funds shallbe disbursed or allocated in compliance with any specific designation stated bythe donor and in the absence of such specific designation, such funds shall bedisbursed or allocated on projects related to any of the purposes of thischapter; and

(8)  Submit an annual report with recommendations tothe governor and the legislature. [L 1970, c 190, pt of §1; am L 1972, c 81,§1; am L 2000, c 270, §3]

 

Note

 

  Effective July 1, 2002, "chapters 76 and 77"changed to "chapter 76".  L 2000, c 253, §150.

 

Case Notes

 

  Claim for negligent and/or intentional infliction ofemotional distress against Hawaii civil rights commission not barred under§662-15(1), as acts of investigating complaint, instituting suit based onfinding of reasonable cause, and sending demand letter were part of routineoperations of commission and did not involve broad policy considerationsencompassed within the discretionary function exception.  88 H. 85, 962 P.2d344.

  The discretionary function exception in §662-15(1) is limitedto situations in which a government agent is engaged in the effectuation of "broad public policy"; the investigation of a complaint by the Hawaiicivil rights commission, in and of itself, does not involve suchconsiderations; thus, a counterclaim for negligence in the performance of aninvestigation is not barred by sovereign immunity.  88 H. 85, 962 P.2d 344.