Hawaii § 269-52 - Division of consumer advocacy; personnel.
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§ 269-52. Division of consumer advocacy; personnel.
There shall be a division of consumer advocacy within the department of commerce and consumer affairs. The director of commerce and consumer affairs may appoint an executive director, who shall be exempt from chapter 76, and fix the executive director's compensation. The executive director shall supervise and control the operations and personnel of the division. The executive director shall be responsible for the performance of the duties imposed upon the division and shall be the consumer advocate as specified in section 269-51. The executive director may employ engineers, accountants, investigators, clerks, and stenographers as may be necessary for the performance of the consumer advocate's functions, in accordance with chapter 76; provided that: (1) The executive director may employ up to ten utility analysts exempt from chapter 76; and (2) Each analyst shall possess at least the minimum qualifications required of comparable experts in the relevant industry. [L 1976, c 124, pt of §1; am L 1982, c 69, §2 and c 204, §7; am L 1994, c 191, §1; am L 1995, c 196, §1; am L 2000, c 253, §150; am L 2007, c 183, §3; am L 2014, c 108, §9] Note Restructuring of division, etc. L 2007, c 183, §§1, 2. Previous Vol05_Ch0261-0319 Next
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