HAWAII CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE V
THE EXECUTIVE
Art. V §0 | NOTE
Art. V §1 | ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE
The term of office of the governor shall begin at noon on the first Monday in December next following the governor’s election and end at noon on the first Monday in December, four years thereafter.
No person shall be elected to the office of governor for more than two consecutive full terms.
No person shall be eligible for the office of governor unless the person shall be a qualified voter, have attained the age of thirty years and have been a resident of this State for five years immediately preceding the person’s election.
The governor shall not hold any other office or employment of profit under the State or the United States during the governor’s term of office.
Art. V §2 | LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Art. V §3 | COMPENSATION: GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Art. V §4 | SUCCESSION TO GOVERNORSHIP; ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF GOVERNOR
When the office of lieutenant governor is vacant, or in the event of the absence of the lieutenant governor from the State, or the lieutenant governor’s inability to exercise and discharge the powers and duties of the lieutenant governor’s office, such powers and duties shall devolve upon such officers in such order of succession as may be provided by law.
In the event of the impeachment of the governor or of the lieutenant governor, the governor or the lieutenant governor shall not exercise the powers of the applicable office until acquitted.
Art. V §5 | EXECUTIVE POWERS
The governor may grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, after conviction, for all offenses, subject to regulation by law as to the manner of applying for the same. The legislature may, by general law, authorize the governor to grant pardons before conviction, to grant pardons for impeachment and to restore civil rights denied by reason of conviction of offenses by tribunals other than those of this State.
The governor shall appoint an administrative director to serve at the governor’s pleasure.
Art. V §6 | EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND DEPARTMENT
Each principal department shall be under the supervision of the governor and, unless otherwise provided in this constitution or by law, shall be headed by a single executive. Such single executive shall be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor. That person shall hold office for a term to expire at the end of the term for which the governor was elected, unless sooner removed by the governor; except that the removal of the chief legal officer of the State shall be subject to the advice and consent of the senate.
Except as otherwise provided in this constitution, whenever a board, commission or other body shall be the head of a principal department of the state government, the members thereof shall be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor. The term of office and removal of such members shall be as provided by law. Such board, commission or other body may appoint a principal executive officer who, when authorized by law, may be an ex officio, voting member thereof, and who may be removed by a majority vote of the members appointed by the governor.
The governor shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint all officers for whose election or appointment provision is not otherwise provided for by this constitution or by law. If the manner or removal of an officer is not prescribed in this constitution, removal shall be as provided by law.
When the senate is not in session and a vacancy occurs in any office, appointment to which requires the confirmation of the senate, the governor may fill the office by granting a commission which shall expire, unless such appointment is confirmed, at the end of the next session of the senate. The person so appointed shall not be eligible for another interim appointment to such office if the appointment failed to be confirmed by the senate.
No person who has been nominated for appointment to any office and whose appointment has not received the consent of the senate shall be eligible to an interim appointment thereafter to such office.
Every officer appointed under the provisions of this section shall be a citizen of the United States and shall have been a resident of this State for at least one year immediately preceding that person’s appointment, except that this residency requirement shall not apply to the president of the University of Hawaii.
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