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HRS §27-72

Creating the Broadband Office and its Leader

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

This section sets up a new state office called the Broadband Office inside the Department of Accounting and General Services. The governor will pick a person to lead it, called the Strategic Broadband Coordinator. This leader does not have to follow normal state hiring rules.

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The statute, as written — Broadband office; establishment; strategic broadband coordinator; staff

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) There is established the broadband office within the department of accounting and general services for administrative purposes only. (b) Without regard to section 26-34, the governor shall appoint a strategic broadband coordinator, who shall be exempt from chapter 76, to head the broadband office.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§26-34 How board and commission members are chosen and how long they serve

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