Section 6-24-3 - Other candidatesAny member or retirant who has not been proposed as a candidate by an employee or retirant organization, as the case may be, and who desires to be a candidate for election to the board may have the member's or retirant's name placed on the ballot by submitting a petition to the board, if the following conditions are met:
(1) The petitioner shall be a general employee if the election is for a general employee-trustee; a teacher, if the election is for a teacher-trustee; or a retirant, if the election is for a retirant-trustee;(2) The petition shall be accompanied by the signatures of at least one hundred members or retirants of the system who desire to have the petitioner's name on the ballot The signatures shall be obtained on a form provided by the system. For identification and member or retirant verification purposes the signatures shall be accompanied by the last four digits of the member's or retirant's social security number, current mailing address, and current or former employing agency of each person signing the petition, and shall be certified by the petitioner;(3) The petition must be received by the system at its Honolulu office (together with a resume of the qualifications of the petitioner containing not more than one hundred words, inclusive of the petitioner's name) no later than 4:30 p.m. sixty days from the date the notice to submit petition is published; and(4) The system shall verify the petitioner's status as a member or retirant of the system, as the case may be, and the signatures and status as a member or retirant of the system, as the case may be, of at least one hundred of the persons signing the petition. The notice to submit petition shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the State, shall announce the forthcoming election, and shall contain other information as appropriate.
[Eff 11/9/81; am and comp 2/9/89; am and comp 7/10/95; am and comp NOV 26 2009] (Auth: HRS §§ 88-24, 88-28) (Imp: HRS § 88-24)