HRS §23-3
Auditor's salary and funding
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law sets the state auditor's pay equal to the health director's pay and protects it from being cut during the auditor's term, except by a general law affecting all state salaried officers. It also says the legislature pays for the auditor's office through its own expense law.
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The statute, as written — Salary of the auditor and appropriations
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Effective July 1, 2005, the salary of the auditor shall be the same as the salary of the director of health. The salary of the auditor shall not be diminished during the auditor's term of office, unless by general law applying to all salaried officers of the State. (b) The funds for the support of the auditor's office shall be provided for in the act providing for the expenses of the legislature. [L Sp 1959 1st, c 14, pt of §1; am L 1963, c 184, pt of §1, §3; am L 1965, c 223, §9; Supp, pt of §§2-31, 2-39; HRS §23-3; am L 1969, c 127, §4; am L 1975, c 58, §31; am L 1982, c 129, §29(1); am L 1986, c 128, §27(1); am L 1989, c 329, §17(1); am L 2005, c 225, §1; am L 2012, c 300, §2]
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