§78-5 Public officer or employee serving on state or county board or commission. (a) Any prohibition in any law against the holding of outside employment or dual public office, employment, or position by a state or county officer or employee shall not bar the appointment of a public officer or employee to membership on a commission or board unless service on the commission or board would be inconsistent or incompatible with or would tend to interfere with the duties and responsibilities of the other office, employment or position held by the officer or employee.

(b) The foregoing provision shall not be construed to permit an officer or employee to serve as a member of any civil service commission nor to permit the officer or employee to receive compensation, other than expenses, as a member of any board or commission.

(c) When any officer or employee must be away from the officer's or employee's regular work because of service as a member on a board or commission, the officer or employee shall not, as a result of the absence, suffer any loss of the officer's or employee's regular salary or wages.

The time spent in service as a board or commission member shall not be credited as time worked for purposes of overtime compensation. [L 1967, c 80, §1; HRS §78-5; am L 1975, c 12, §1; gen ch 1985]