2011 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 8. PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS AND RECORDS
94. Public Archives; Disposal of Records
§94-3 Disposal of government records generally.

§94-3 Disposal of government records generally. (a) Each public officer, except public officers of the judiciary and the legislative branch of government, having the care and custody of any government records shall submit to the state comptroller a list of records for disposal, which shall include the name of the office, department, or bureau, the subject of the records for disposal and the inclusive dates of the records. The comptroller shall determine the disposition of the records; stating whether the records should be retained by the office, department, or bureau; be transferred to the public archives, the University of Hawaii, the Hawaiian Historical Society, or other agency; or be destroyed. The comptroller shall have full power of disposal of all records submitted for this purpose. The records of all records disposed of, including lists submitted by the public officers, and the action taken by the comptroller, shall be kept on proper forms, specified by the comptroller, one copy of which shall be filed in the office, department, or bureau where the records originated, one copy shall be filed in the office of the attorney general, and the original shall be filed in the public archives.

(b) If requested, the comptroller shall provide assistance to the legislative branch of government or any agency or entity therein in establishing policies relating to the disposal of government records. [L 1949, c 65, §1; RL 1955, §7-8; am L 1957, c 46, §§1, 2 and c 152, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §12; HRS §94-3; am L 1984, c 258, §2; am L 2005, c 177, §6]