Policy advisory board for elder affairs; lifetime honorary kupuna
HRS §349-4
in effect349-4. Policy advisory board for elder affairs; lifetime honorary kupuna
(a) There shall be a policy advisory board for elder affairs, appointed by the governor under section 26-34. The board shall advise the director in but not limited to the following areas:
(1) The identification of issues and alternative
approaches to solutions;
(2) The development of position statements and
papers;
(3) Advocacy and legislative actions; and
(4) Program development and operations.
The board shall consist of not less than fifteen nor
more than twenty-one members, a majority of whom are over sixty years of age
and who shall be selected on the basis of their interests and knowledge in and
their ability to make contributions to the solution of problems relating to
aging, and shall include at least one member from the county of Hawaii, one
member from the county of Maui, one member from the county of Kauai, and one
member from the city and county of Honolulu. There may be up to ten members
who shall serve as ex officio[,] nonvoting members and may consist of the heads
of the following agencies that provide services or programs affecting elders:
health, human services, education, labor and industrial relations, commerce and
consumer affairs, University of Hawaii, transportation, the state retirement
system, and, by invitation, the Hawaii representatives of the United States
Department of Health and Human Services and the Social Security
Administration. Ex officio members may delegate their board responsibilities
to another member of their agency. Of the non ex officio members, one-third of
the members shall be appointed for the term of four years, one-third for the
term of three years, and one-third for the term of two years; and thereafter
the terms of office of each member shall be four years. The members shall
serve without compensation, but shall be paid their necessary expenses in
attending meetings and carrying out the responsibilities of the board. The
chairperson shall be elected annually from the nongovernmental members of the
board. There shall be not less than twelve meetings of the board each year.
Quorum shall be a majority of the currently serving members, but in no event
fewer than eight members shall constitute a quorum.
(b) The policy advisory board for elder
affairs may honor a non ex officio member by voting to award the member a
lifetime honorary kupuna title at a meeting called for the purpose and attended
by a quorum. The governor:
(1) Shall take into consideration a person's receipt
of a lifetime honorary kupuna title when considering the person's reappointment
to the board; and
(2) Notwithstanding section 26-34, may reappoint a
person who holds the lifetime honorary kupuna title for continued terms over
the person's lifetime.
[L 1976, c 217, pt of §2; am L 1979, c 136, §1(1); am L
1987, c 339, §4; am L 1990, c 67, §8; gen ch 1993; am L 2013, c 8, §1; am L
2018, c 134, §2; am L 2019, c 125, §2]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0349/HRS_0349-0004.htmFetched: 11/10/2026