HCC §18-3
How the County Transportation Commission is formed
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets up the County transportation commission with nine members, one from each council district. The mayor appoints them with council approval, and they can be removed the same way. Members serve staggered terms of one to five years, with limits on reappointment.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Membership
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
There shall be a County transportation commission composed of nine commissioners. One commissioner shall be appointed from each of the nine respective County council districts. Commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the council and may be removed by the mayor with the approval of the council. Commissioners shall serve staggered terms of five years, one member to be appointed to a term of one year, two for a term of two years, two for a term of three years, two for a term of four years, and two for a term of five years. No member shall be eligible for a second appointment to the commission prior to the expiration of two years, provided that members of the commission initially appointed for a term of one year and two years shall be eligible to succeed themselves for an additional term. In the transitional period following the amendment of this section of the code, vacancies on the transportation commission shall be filled in ascending council district order as such order may exist at the time an appointment is made by the mayor.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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