King Kamehameha celebration commission
HRS §8-5
in effect8-5. King Kamehameha celebration commission
(a) There shall be a commission to be known as the King Kamehameha celebration commission placed within the department of accounting and general services for administrative purposes. The commission shall consist of fifteen members to be appointed by the governor in the manner provided by section 26-34. The appointments shall be made from the following organizations, with one member from each organization:
(1) Royal Order of Kamehameha I;
(2) `Ahahui Ka`ahumanu;
(3) Hale O Nā Ali`i O Hawai`i `Ahahui Po`o;
(4) Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors Māmakakaua;
(5) Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association;
(6) Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs;
(7) Waimānalo Hawaiian Homes Association;
(8) Daughters
of Hawaii;
(9) Kapahulu Music Club; and
(10) Papakōlea Community Association.
Each organization shall maintain a certificate
of good standing issued by the department of commerce and consumer affairs and
an active membership list. Each organization may recommend for appointment to
the commission persons capable of providing administrative guidance to the
commission with regard to knowledge of Hawaiian culture, history and protocols,
legal issues, business, accounting, marketing, philanthropy, or public
relations.
In addition, the governor shall appoint one
member to the commission from each of the following islands: Kaua`i, Lāna`i,
Maui, Moloka`i, and Hawai`i. Each of these members shall be a resident of the
respective island that the member represents. The governor shall appoint
persons capable of providing administrative guidance with regard to legal
issues, business, accounting, marketing, philanthropy, or public relations.
(b) The terms of all appointments shall be
four years. The governor shall appoint the chairperson of the commission from
among the members.
(c) The members of the King Kamehameha
celebration commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled
to reimbursement for travel and necessary expenses while attending meetings and
while in discharge of their duties. The comptroller shall reimburse the
members of the King Kamehameha celebration commission for all necessary
expenses incurred during the discharge of their duties.
(d) The commission may appoint and dismiss an
arts program specialist and a part-time clerk typist, without regard to chapter
76, who shall serve at the commission's pleasure, and whose salaries shall be
provided through fees, public contributions, and private donations. The
commission, by majority vote, shall appoint an executive director who shall be
familiar with the people and culture of Hawai`i, and shall serve without regard
to chapter 76 for a term to be determined by the commission. Except for matters
undertaken by the comptroller pursuant to subsection (f), the executive
director shall be responsible for all fiscal and administrative matters,
including securing public contributions and private foundation grants or
donations. The executive director shall also be responsible for developing and
administering programs as the commission may direct. The executive director
may be removed for cause at any time by a two-thirds vote of all commission
members.
(e) The commission shall manage all
arrangements for the celebration under its direction each year generally
observed throughout Hawai`i Nei on June 11, and shall support any other events
as it may approve to commemorate the memory of the great Polynesian Hawaiian
warrior and statesman King Kamehameha I, who united the Hawaiian Islands into
the Kingdom of Hawai`i, and is recognized as such under section 8-1. The
commission may appoint committees and delegate powers and duties to the
committees as it shall determine.
(f) The comptroller shall account for all
moneys appropriated by the legislature, may raise funds to defray
administrative costs, and may accept donations of money and personal property
on behalf of the commission; provided that all donations accepted from private
sources shall be expended in the manner prescribed by the contributor, and all
moneys received from all sources shall be deposited into the commission's trust
account.
(g) The commission shall be the coordinating
agency for all commission-approved events as provided in subsection (e) and as
designated by the commission to ensure that activities planned are timely and
appropriate to commemorate the memory of King Kamehameha I. The commission
shall be authorized to determine to whom and for which occasions permission is
to be granted for the use of the statue of King Kamehameha I.
(h) The commission shall adopt rules pursuant
to chapter 91 necessary for the purpose of this section.
[L 1939, c 227, §1; RL
1945, §12935; am L 1949, c 87, §1; RL 1955, §14-6; am L 1957, c 152, §1; am L
1959, c 117, §1; HRS §8-5; am L 1970, c 193, §1; am L 1972, c 50, §1; am L
1974, c 57, §1; am L 1981, c 220, §1; am L 1984, c 227, §2; gen ch 1985; am L
1988, c 220, §2; am L 1993, c 280, §2; am L 1997, c 189, §1; am L 1998, c 193,
§1; am L 2000, c 253, §150; am L 2018, c 83, §1]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0008/HRS_0008-0005.htmFetched: 11/10/2026