(a) There shall be a Hawaii children’s trust fund advisory board, which shall make the final recommendations to the Hawaii Community Foundation for the expenditure of funds for the following activities:
(1) Grantmaking with private nonprofit organizations, public agencies, or qualified individuals to provide community-based services and education designed to strengthen families to prevent child abuse and neglect;(2) Grantmaking to raise community awareness of the trust fund; and(3) Administration of the trust fund.(b) The board shall consist of seven members to be appointed as follows:
(1) One member shall be selected by the Hawaii Community Foundation to serve for a term of three years. This member may not serve more than two consecutive terms.(2) Three members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of names of seven persons submitted by the Hawaii Community Foundation. Each of these three members shall serve for a term of three years, except that the terms of the initial board members shall be staggered as follows: one member shall be appointed to a one-year term, one member shall be appointed to a two-year term, and one member shall be appointed to a three-year term. None of these three members shall serve for more than two consecutive terms.(3) One member shall be appointed from among the members of the senate by the president of the senate, to serve until the expiration of the member’s term in the senate during which the member is appointed.(4) One member shall be appointed from among the members of the house of representatives by the speaker of the house to serve until the expiration of the member’s term in the house of representatives during which the member is appointed.(5) One member shall be the director of health or the director’s designee.
