Salaries, Certain State Officers

HRS div. 1, tit. 4, ch. 26, pt. III

in effect

HRS §26-51 Governor; lieutenant governor

26-51. Governor; lieutenant governor Effective at noon on December 4, 2006, the salaries of the governor and the lieutenant governor shall be as last recommended by the executive salary commission. Effective July 1, 2007, and every six years thereafter, the salaries of the governor and lieutenant governor shall be as last recommended by the commission on salaries pursuant to section 26‑56, unless rejected by the legislature. [L 1959, c 273, §3; am L 1962, c 28, §23; am L 1965, c 223, pt of §5; Supp, §4A-1; HRS §26-51; am L 1969, c 127, §1; am L 1975, c 58, §5; am L 1982, c 129, §1(1); am L 1986, c 128, §1(1); am L 1989, c 329, §1(1); am L 2003, c 122, §2; am L 2006, c 299, §2]

HRS §26-52 Department heads and executive officers

26-52. Department heads and executive officers The salaries of the following state officers shall be as follows: (1) The salary of the superintendent of education shall be set by the board of education. The superintendent shall be subject to an annual performance evaluation that is in alignment with other employee evaluations within the department of education and are based on outcomes determined by the board of education; provided that nothing shall prohibit the board of education from conditioning a portion of the salary on performance; (2) The salary of the president of the university of Hawaii shall be set by the board of regents; (3) Effective July 1, 2004, the salaries of all department heads or executive officers of the departments of accounting and general services; agriculture; attorney general; budget and finance; business, economic development, and tourism; commerce and consumer affairs; corrections and rehabilitation; Hawaiian home lands; health; human resources development; human services; labor and industrial relations; land and natural resources; law enforcement; taxation; and transportation shall be as last recommended by the executive salary commission. Effective July 1, 2007, and every six years thereafter, the salaries shall be as last recommended by the commission on salaries pursuant to section 26-56, unless rejected by the legislature; and (4) The salary of the adjutant general shall be $85,302 a year. Effective July 1, 2007, and every six years thereafter, the salary of the adjutant general shall be as last recommended by the commission on salaries pursuant to section 26-56, unless rejected by the legislature, except that if the state salary is in conflict with the pay and allowance fixed by the tables of the regular Army or Air Force of the United States, the latter shall prevail. [L 1965, c 223, pt of §5; Supp, §4A-2; HRS §26-52; am L 1969, c 127, §2; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1975, c 58, §6; am L 1982, c 129, §1(2) and c 204, §8; am L 1984, c 282, §1; am L 1986, c 128, §1(2); am L 1987, c 336, §3(3), c 338, §1(4), and c 339, §2(3); am L 1989, c 211, §5 and c 329, §1(2); am L 1990, c 293, §8; am L 1991, c 310, §2; am L 1992, c 203, §1; am L 1994, c 56, §3; am L 1996, c 219, §1; am L 1998, c 115, §4; am L 2000, c 183, §1; am L 2003, c 122, §3; am L 2006, c 299, §3; am L 2014, c 90, §§2, 4; am L 2022, c 278, §§4, 22; am L 2024, c 149, §§1, 2]

HRS §26-53 Deputies or assistants to department heads

26-53. Deputies or assistants to department heads Effective July 1, 2004, the salaries of deputies or assistants to the head of any department of the State, other than the department of education, shall be within the range or ranges for the specific positions as last recommended by the executive salary commission. Effective July 1, 2007, and every six years thereafter, the salaries shall be as last recommended by the commission on salaries and specified by the appointing official, if appropriate, pursuant to section 26-56, unless rejected by the legislature. [L 1965, c 223, pt of §5; Supp, §4A-3; HRS §26-53; am L 1975, c 58, §7; am L 1982, c 129, §1(3); am L 1986, c 128, §1(3); am L 1989, c 329, §1(3); am L 2003, c 122, §4 and c 187, §2; am L 2006, c 299, §4]

HRS §26-54 Administrative director of the State

26-54. Administrative director of the State Effective July 1, 2004, the salary of the administrative director of the State shall be as last recommended by the executive salary commission. Effective July 1, 2007, and every six years thereafter, the salary of the administrative director of the State shall be as last recommended by the commission on salaries pursuant to section 26‑56, unless rejected by the legislature. [L 1965, c 223, pt of §5; Supp, §4A-4; HRS §26-54; am L 1969, c 127, §3; am L 1975, c 58, §8; am L 1982, c 129, §1(4); am L 1986, c 128, §1(4); am L 1989, c 329, §1(4); am L 2003, c 122, §5; am L 2006, c 299, §5]

HRS §26-56 Commission on salaries

26-56. Commission on salaries (a) Pursuant to article XVI, section 3.5, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, there is established a commission on salaries within the department of human resources development, for administrative purposes only. The commission shall consist of seven members of whom: (1) Two members shall be appointed by the governor; (2) Two members shall be appointed by the president of the senate; (3) Two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and (4) One member shall be appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court. Vacancies in these positions shall be filled in the same manner. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses, including travel expenses, necessary for the performance of their duties. (b) The commission shall review and recommend an appropriate salary for the governor, lieutenant governor, members of the legislature, justices and judges of all state courts, administrative director of the State or an equivalent position, and department heads or executive officers and the deputies or assistants to the department heads of the departments of: (1) Accounting and general services; (2) Agriculture; (3) The attorney general; (4) Budget and finance; (5) Business, economic development, and tourism; (6) Commerce and consumer affairs; (7) Corrections and rehabilitation; (8) Defense; (9) Hawaiian home lands; (10) Health; (11) Human resources development; (12) Human services; (13) Labor and industrial relations; (14) Land and natural resources; (15) Law enforcement; (16) Taxation; and (17) Transportation. The commission shall not review the salary of any position in the department of education or the University of Hawaii. The commission may recommend different salaries for department heads and executive officers and different salary ranges for deputies or assistants to department heads; provided that the commission shall recommend the same salary range for deputies or assistants to department heads within the same department; provided further that the appointing official shall specify the salary for a particular position within the applicable range. The commission shall not recommend salaries lower than salary amounts recommended by prior commissions replaced by this section. (c) The commission may seek assistance from the department of human resources development and any other agency in conducting its review, and all agencies shall fully cooperate with the commission and provide any necessary information to the commission upon request. (d) The commission shall convene in the month of November 2006, and every six years thereafter. Not later than the fortieth legislative day of the regular session of 2007, and every six years thereafter, the commission shall submit a report of its findings and its salary recommendations to the legislature, through the governor. The commission may include incremental increases that take effect prior to the convening of the next salary commission. The recommended salaries submitted by the commission shall become effective July 1 of the next fiscal year unless the legislature disapproves the recommended salaries submitted by the commission through the adoption of a concurrent resolution, which shall be approved by a simple majority of each house of the legislature, prior to adjournment sine die of the legislative session in which the recommended salaries are submitted; provided that any change in salary which becomes effective shall not apply to the legislature to which the recommendation for the change in salary was submitted. The governor shall include the salary amounts recommended by the commission and approved by the legislature for employees of the executive branch in the executive budget. If the salary amounts recommended by the commission are disapproved by the legislature, the commission shall reconvene in the November next following the legislative disapproval to review the legislature's reasons for disapproving its salary recommendation. The commission may submit a report of its findings and submit a new salary recommendation to the legislature at the next regular session. The commission's reconvening following a legislative disapproval shall not toll the six-year cycle. [L 2006, c 299, §1; am L 2022, c 278, §23]

Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0026/HRS_0026-.htmFetched: 11/10/2026