Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 3 — Uniformity of Legislation

Division 1. Government — Title 1. General Provisions

Hawaii Revised Statutes as published by the Hawaii State Legislature (files updated 1/5/2026 7:14 PM).

Division 1 Government

Title 1 General Provisions

Chapter 3 Uniformity of Legislation

§3-1 Commission

There shall be established a commission to promote uniform legislation, placed within the department of the attorney general for administrative purposes, to promote uniformity of legislation in the United States, to be composed of five commissioners, who shall be appointed by the governor in the manner prescribed in section 26-34. The commissioners shall serve without pay but shall be entitled to such technical, clerical, and stenographic assistance, to be furnished by the department of the attorney general, as may be necessary or proper to carry out their duties.

[L 1911, c 22, §§1, 3; RL 1945, §35; am L 1949, c 326, §1; RL 1955, §1-45; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §§5, 13; HRS §3-1; am L 2022, c 14, §2]

§3-2 Duties

(a) The commissioners shall examine all subjects upon which uniformity of legislation in the several states and territories is desirable; ascertain and recommend the best means to effectuate such uniformity and represent the State in conventions of like commissioners of the several states and territories for the consideration and recommendation of uniform laws to be submitted to the several state and territorial legislatures for action; and, generally, devise and recommend such other course of action as may tend to accomplish such purposes.

(b) The members of the commission to promote uniform legislation shall be exempt from any limit on the number of members who may attend meetings and other presentations under section 92-2.5(e) for the purpose of attending and participating in meetings hosted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, also known as the "Uniform Law Commission", regardless of whether the meetings are held specifically and exclusively for or directed toward members of the commission to promote uniform legislation. The meetings hosted by the Uniform Law Commission and attended by the commissioners shall not be considered to be meetings of the commission and shall be exempt from the requirements of sections 92-3, 92-7, and 92-9; provided that the commissioners may not vote on which uniform legislation should be proposed or recommended to the legislature for enactment in Hawaii at the meetings hosted by the Uniform Law Commission; provided further that commissioners who attend the meetings hosted by the Uniform Law Commission shall report at the next duly noticed meeting of the commission their attendance and the matters presented or discussed during the hosted meetings that related to official commission business. This exemption shall be in addition to the permitted interactions of members listed in section 92-2.5.

[L 1911, c 22, §2; RL 1925, §30; RL 1935, §31; RL 1945, §36; RL 1955, §1-46; HRS §3-2; am L 2022, c 14, §3]