§8-3 Banking holidays. Whenever in the opinion of the governor, a public emergency exists, and it seems to the governor to be in the public interest, the governor may by proclamation designate and proclaim as legal banking holidays in the State such number of consecutive days as in the governor's judgment the emergency may require. The governor may extend the same as the governor may deem advisable. The proclamation of bank holidays shall not relate to any business other than that of banking and kindred operations, nor as prohibiting, perforce, any voluntary conduct of banking business, in whole or in part, except to the extent declared in the proclamation or in any further proclamation in enlargement or modification thereof. [L 1933, c 3, §1; RL 1935, pt of §21; am L 1941, c 132, pt of §1; RL 1955, pt of §1-43; am L 1961, c 116, pt of §1; HRS §8-3; gen ch 1985]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
8. Holidays and Periods of Recognition and Observance
8-2 Observance of holidays falling on Sundays and Saturdays.
8-3.4 Civil Liberties and the Constitution Day.
8-4.6 Asian Lunar New Year Commemoration Week.
8-5 King Kamehameha celebration commission.
8-5.5 Queen Lili €˜uokalani Day.
8-8 Saint Damien de Veuster Day.
8-8.2 Saint Marianne Cope Day.
8-9 Respect for Our Elders Day.
8-11 Children and Youth Day and Month.
8-14 Financial Literacy Month.
8-16.2 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Day.
8-17 Caregiver Recognition Day
8-18 Filipino-American History Month.
8-19 Makahiki Commemoration Day.
8-21 Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
8-23 Homelessness Awareness Month.
8-25 Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
8-29 Farm to School Month in Hawaii.