§26-8 Department of budget and finance. (a) The department of budget and finance shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of finance.
(b) The department shall:
(1) Undertake the preparation and execution of the executive budget of the state government;
(2) Conduct a systematic and continuous review of the finances, organization, and methods of each department of the State to assist each department in achieving the most effective expenditure of all public funds and to determine that such expenditures are in accordance with the budget laws and controls in force;
(3) Have custody of state funds and be responsible for the safekeeping, management, investment, and disbursement thereof; and
(4) Administer state debts.
(c) The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the bureau of the budget (except for insurance management, surplus property management, and central purchasing transferred to the department of accounting and general services) and the funds custody, cash management, debt management, and administering of veterans loan functions of the treasurer as heretofore constituted are transferred to the department of budget and finance established by this chapter.
(d) The employees' retirement system as constituted by chapter 88 is placed within the department of budget and finance for administrative purposes. The functions, duties, and powers, subject to the administrative control of the director of finance, and the composition of the board of trustees of the employees' retirement system shall be as heretofore provided by law. [L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §2; Supp, §14A-13; HRS §26-8; am L 1971, c 107, §4; am L 1976, c 165, §7; am L Sp 1988, c 1, §4; am L 1989, c 26, §1; am L 1992, c 308, §3; am L 1995, c 126, §2; am L 1997, c 350, §3; am L 2014, c 108, §2]
Case Notes
Budget expenditures of the department of education, discussed. 70 H. 253, 768 P.2d 1279.
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.