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HRS §46-30

Keeping your job and benefits when your department is reorganized

If your county or city department is reorganized and you are moved to a new civil service job, you keep your job status, pay range, vacation, sick leave, and other benefits. You do not have to take a new exam, as long as you already meet the minimum qualifications for the new position. Later changes can happen under normal personnel rules.

employees

The statute, as written — Transfer of civil service personnel on reorganization

Every civil service employee or officer of any county or city and county transferred or appointed to a civil service position as a consequence of the reorganization of any governmental department, board, commission or office or of any bureau, division, or subdivision thereof, shall be continued as a civil service employee or officer, in the position to which the employee or officer is transferred or appointed, without change in civil service status, reduction in salary range, loss of vacation or sick leave allowances, service credits, or other rights and privileges and without the necessity of examination; provided that such employee or officer possesses at the time of the transfer or appointment, the minimum qualification for the position to which the employee or officer is transferred or appointed; provided further that subsequent changes in status may be made pursuant to applicable personnel laws.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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