ROH §3-15.3
Schedule for reviewing city boards and commissions
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗The City Council must review each board and commission on a set schedule, starting in different years and then every five years. New boards created after August 24, 2017, are reviewed under a different rule unless their own rules say otherwise.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Schedule of review
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The Council shall review each board or commission in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) The council shall review each board or commission in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) 2018, and every five years thereafter:
(A) Board of parks and recreation;
(B) Building board of appeals;
(C) Neighborhood commission; and
(D) Citizens advisory commission on emergency management;
(2) 2019, and every five years thereafter:
(A) Commission on culture and the arts; and
(B) Ethics board of appeals;
(3) 2020, and every five years thereafter:
(A) Fire commission;
(B) Grants in aid advisory commission;
(C) Oahu historic preservation commission;
(D) Youth commission; and
(E) Economic revitalization commission;
(4) 2021, and every five years thereafter:
(A) Planning commission;
(B) Real property tax boards of review I, II, and III; and
(C) Salary commission;
(5) 2022, and every five years thereafter:
(A) Clean water and natural lands advisory commission;
(B) Rate commission;
(C) Zoning board of appeals; and
(D) Climate change commission.
(b) Boards or commissions established after August 24, 2017, unless provided by its establishing provisions or by amendment to this article, will be reviewed in accordance with § 3-15.6 .
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