Bill Text: HI SB782 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Appointment of state librarian.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [SB782 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SB782-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

782

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 312-2.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§312-2.1  Appointment of state librarian; duties; salary.  (a)  The state librarian shall be appointed by the [board of education] governor and with the advice and consent of the senate, without regard to chapter 76, shall be under the direction of the [board] governor, shall be responsible for the operation, planning, programming, and budgeting of all community/school and public libraries within the State, and may be removed by a majority vote of [its members] the legislature.  The state librarian may be appointed:

     (1)  Without regard to the state residency provisions of section 78-1(b); and

     (2)  For a term of up to four years.

     (b)  The salary of the state librarian shall be set by the [board of education] legislature at a rate no greater than $120,000 a year.

     (c)  The state librarian may appoint, without regard to chapter 76, one secretary for the state librarian.  The secretary for the state librarian shall serve at the pleasure of the state librarian."

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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Appointment of state librarian.

 

Description:

State librarian to be appointed with advice and consent of the Senate.

 

 

 

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