HRS §76-75
Who appoints the personnel director and what they must know
The merit appeals board chooses the personnel director, who runs the civil service department. The board can fire the director at any time. The director must know personnel management and support merit-based hiring.
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The statute, as written — Personnel director
The merit appeals board shall appoint and may at pleasure remove a personnel director, who shall be the chief administrative officer of the department of civil service. The director shall, at the time of the director's appointment, and thereafter, be thoroughly familiar with the principles and methods of personnel administration and shall believe in applying merit principles and scientific administrative methods to public personnel administration.
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