§13D-5  Term of office; vacancies.  The term of office of members of the board shall be four years beginning on the day of the special election held in conjunction with the general election of the year in which they are elected and ending on the day of the special election held in conjunction with the second general election after their election; except that the term of office of board members elected in 1980 shall be as follows:  the four board members elected with the highest number of votes shall serve four years; the remaining members elected shall serve two years.  Members of the board may be re-elected without restriction as to the number of terms.

     Any vacancy that may occur through any cause other than the expiration of the term of office shall be filled in accordance with section 17-7. [L 1979, c 196, pt of §8; am L 1980, c 264, §4]

 

Case Notes

 

  Rice v. Cayetano decision did not create a "vacancy" that "occurs through any cause other than expiration of the term of office" under this section as to those office of Hawaiian affairs trustees who were elected in 1996 and/or 1998.  94 H. 1, 6 P.3d 799.