§26-11 University of Hawaii. (a) The University of Hawaii shall be headed by an executive board to be known as the board of regents.
The board shall consist of eleven members. At least one member shall be a University of Hawaii student at the time of the initial appointment. The governor shall reduce the terms of those initially appointed to each seat on the board of regents to provide, as far as practicable, for the expiration of three terms each year; provided that the term of the student member shall not be reduced.
The members, except for the student member, shall represent and reside in the specified geographic areas as follows:
(1) Two members from the county of Hawaii;
(2) Two members from the county of Maui;
(3) One member from the county of Kauai; and
(4) Five members from the city and county of Honolulu.
The board shall have the power, in accordance with the Hawaii constitution and with law, to formulate policy and to exercise control over the university through its executive officer, the president of the university. The board shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the internal organization and management of the university.
(b) The board of regents shall appoint and may remove an executive officer to be known as the president of the University of Hawaii.
The University of Hawaii as heretofore constituted as a body corporate is continued as the University of Hawaii established by this chapter. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §17; am imp HB 253 (1964) and election Nov 3, 1964; Supp, §14A-16; HRS §26-11; am L 1971, c 143, §1; am L 1979, c 86, §3; am L 1996, c 266, §1; am L 1997, c 342, §1; am L 2007, c 56, §3; am L Sp 2008, c 9, §2; am L 2019, c 172, §2]
Attorney General Opinions
The university is a constitutionally independent corporation and not an administrative or executive agency; the president need not satisfy the three-year residence requirement. Att. Gen. Op. 61-84.
Cited regarding regents' authority to delegate limited investment authority to external investment managers. Att. Gen. Op. 78-1.
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally
26. Executive and Administrative Departments
26-1 Office of the lieutenant governor.
26-2 Order of succession to offices of governor and lieutenant governor.
26-3 Position of administrative director created.
26-5 Department of human resources development.
26-6 Department of accounting and general services.
26-7 Department of the attorney general.
26-8 Department of budget and finance.
26-9 Department of commerce and consumer affairs.
26-12 Department of education.
26-14 Department of human services.
26-14.6 Department of public safety.
26-15 Department of land and natural resources.
26-16 Department of agriculture.
26-17 Department of Hawaiian home lands.
26-18 Department of business, economic development, and tourism.
26-19 Department of transportation.
26-20 Department of labor and industrial relations.
26-23 Assignment of functions.
26-24 Agencies and offices abolished.
26-25 Services to the judiciary and legislature.
26-31 Selection and terms of single executives as heads of departments.
26-32 Acting heads of departments; appointment of; responsibility for acts of.
26-33 Performance of duties of vacant office.
26-34 Selection and terms of members of boards and commissions.
26-35 Administrative supervision of boards and commissions.
26-36 Acting members of boards.
26-37 Substitutes for officials called into active service.
26-38 Powers and duties of heads of departments.
26-41 Temporary boards and commissions.
26-51 Governor; lieutenant governor.
26-52 Department heads and executive officers.
26-53 Deputies or assistants to department heads.