Hawaii Revised Statutes 76-51 – Prohibited activities by members of a merit appeals board
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 76-51
- Chief executive: means the governor, the respective mayors, the chief justice of the supreme court, and the chief executive officer of the Hawaii health systems corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 76-11
- county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
- Merit appeals board: means a jurisdiction's appellate body for purposes of section 76-14 regardless of whether it is named merit appeals board, civil service commission, or appeals board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 76-11
No person who occupies any elective or appointive office under the state or county government shall be eligible for membership on or continue to be a member of the merit appeals board. The term “appointive office” for the purpose of this section, shall not include notaries public. No member of the merit appeals board shall, during the member’s term of office, serve as an officer or committee member of any political party organization, including a precinct organization, or present oneself as a candidate or be a candidate for nomination or election to any public office at any election. The office of any member who violates this section or § 84-13 or 84-14 shall be conclusively presumed to have been abandoned and vacated by reason thereof and the chief executive shall thereupon appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy. As an alternative remedy, proceedings in the nature of quo warranto may be brought by any person to oust any member who violates this section or § 84-13 or 84-14.