[§201G-2] Housing and community development corporation of Hawaii; establishment, staff. (a) There is established the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii to be placed within the department of business, economic development, and tourism for administrative purposes only. The corporation shall be a public body and a body corporate and politic.

(b) The corporation shall employ, exempt from chapters 76 and 77 and section 26-35(4), an executive director and an executive assistant. Effective July 1, 1998, the salary of the executive director shall be set by the governor within the range from $72,886 to $77,966 a year. Effective July 1, 1998, the salary of the executive assistant shall be set by the governor within the range from $65,597 to $70,169 a year. The corporation may employ, subject to chapters 76 and 77, technical experts and officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as required. The corporation may also employ officers, agents, and employees; prescribe their duties and qualifications; and fix their salaries, not subject to chapters 76 and 77, when in the determination of the corporation, the services to be performed are unique and essential to the execution of the functions of the corporation. The corporation may call upon the attorney general for legal services as it may require. The corporation may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees the powers and duties as it deems proper. [L 1997, c 350, pt of §2]