§26-33 Performance of duties of vacant office. In the event of a vacancy in any office for which the governor has the power of appointment or nomination, the governor may designate some other officer or employee of the State to perform the duties of the vacant office until the office is filled. The authority derived from this section shall not continue for a longer period than sixty days after the vacancy occurs.
An officer or employee designated to perform the duties of a vacant office shall, so long as the authority continues, receive the compensation attached to the vacant office, or the compensation attached to the officer's or employee's regular office or employment, whichever is the higher. [L 1953, c 278, §11; RL 1955, §7-23; HRS §26-33; gen ch 1985]
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.