Bill Text: HI HB2277 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: King Kamehameha Celebration Commission; DAGS

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-07-11 - Vetoed on 07/11/2016 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1336). [HB2277 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HB2277-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2277
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE KING KAMEHAMEHA CELEBRATION COMMISSION.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 8-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§8-5  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 [thirteen] 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 at least 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[;]- Mamakakaua;

     (5)  Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association;

     (6)  Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs;

     (7)  [Waimanalo Homesteaders Association;] Waimānalo Hawaiian Homes Association;

     (8)  Daughters of Hawaii;

    [(8)] (9)  Kapahulu Music Club; and

    [(9)] (10) [Papakolea] 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 members who will help provide administrative guidance to the commission with regard to legal issues, business, accounting, marketing, philanthropy, or public relations for appointment to the commission.  In addition, the governor shall appoint [one member from each of the following islands: Kaua‘i, Maui, Moloka‘i, and Hawai‘i.  Each of these members shall be a resident of the respective island that the member represents.] four at-large members representing the city and county of Honolulu and the counties of Kaua‘i, Maui and Kalawao, and Hawai‘i.  The governor shall appoint members who will help provide administrative guidance to the commission 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.  The chairperson may appoint an advisory committee composed of past commission members and personnel to advise the chairperson on historical and archival background of the commission.

     (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 a majority vote, shall appoint an executive director, who shall:

     (1)  Serve without regard to chapter 76 for a term to be determined by the commission;

     (2)  Serve as the commission's chief executive officer;

     (3)  Subject to subsection (f), be responsible for all fiscal and administrative matters, including securing public contributions, and private foundation grants and donations;

     (4)  Be responsible for developing and administering the programs under the commission's direction; and

     (5)  Be familiar with the people and culture of Hawaii.

The salary of the executive director shall be established by the commission and shall not exceed the salary of department heads or executive officers.  The commission, by a two-thirds vote of all members to which it is entitled, may remove the executive director for cause at any time.

     (e)  The commission shall have charge of all arrangements for the celebration under the direction of the commission each year generally observed throughout Hawai‘i Nei on June 11, and shall support other events as approved by the commission 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 [state sponsored as well as other celebration] commission-approved events [staged during the celebration period] as set forth in subsection (e) and as designated by the commission to [assure] ensure activities planned are timely and appropriate to commemorate the memory of King Kamehameha I.  The commission is 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."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.

 

Report Title:

King Kamehameha Celebration Commission; DAGS

 

Description:

Amends the membership, mission, and purpose of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission.  Authorizes the Chairperson to appoint an advisory committee for historical and archival matters.  Authorizes the Commission to appoint an Executive Director.  (HB2277 CD1)

 

 

 

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