Bill Text: HI SB2137 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Board of Education; Members; Terms

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-04-16 - Act 017, 4/15/2014 (Gov. Msg. No. 1117). [SB2137 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2137-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2137
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to the terms of members of the board of education.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 302A-123, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  The term of each member shall be three years, except as provided for in the initial appointment in subsection (a).  [Members] Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, members shall serve no more than three consecutive three-year terms; provided that the members who are initially appointed to terms of two years or less pursuant to subsection (a) may be reappointed to three ensuing consecutive three-year terms.  If a member is nominated to a second or subsequent consecutive term, the senate shall consider the question of whether to reconfirm the member at least one hundred twenty days prior to the expiration of the member's immediately preceding term; provided that if the senate has not taken final action to reconfirm the member by the one hundred twenty-day deadline, the member shall continue to serve until the senate takes final action on the reconfirmation."

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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Board of Education; Members; Terms

 

Description:

Clarifies the maximum number of consecutive terms that members of the board of education may serve.

 

 

 

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