Hawaii § 351-12 - Tenure and compensation of members.
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§ 351-12. Tenure and compensation of members.
(a) The term of office of each member of the commission shall be four years or until the member's successor is appointed, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of the term. Each member shall be eligible for reappointment, subject to section 26 - 34. A vacancy in the commission shall not affect its powers. If any member is unable to act because of absence, illness, or other sufficient cause, the governor may make a temporary appointment, and the appointee shall have all the powers accorded the regular member for the period of the temporary appointment. (b) Each member shall be compensated at the rate of $100 per day for each day's actual attendance to the member's duties; provided that the compensation shall not exceed a maximum of $10,000 per year. Members shall be paid necessary traveling and subsistence expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. [L 1967, c 226, pt of §1; HRS §351 - 12; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 177, §5; am L 1990, c 136, §2; am L 1992, c 260, §2] Attorney General Opinions Cited, as a constitutional board and commission statute where members may serve as holdovers until their successors are "appointed", without any reference to the successors being fully "qualified"; an "appointment" properly occurs under the interim appointments provision of article V, §6 of the state constitution. Att. Gen. Op. 16-3. Previous Vol07_Ch0346-0398 Next
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