ARTICLE XVI

GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Note

  This article was renumbered from Article XIV to be Article XVI by Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978.  The former Article XVI now appears as Article XVIII.

CIVIL SERVICE

     Section 1.  The employment of persons in the civil service, as defined by law, of or under the State, shall be governed by the merit principle. [Ren Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]

Cross References

  Civil service, see chapter 76.

Case Notes

  Hawaii constitution does not establish an independently enforceable right to the protection of merit principles.  85 H. 61, 937 P.2d 397.

  Where, under §76-77, landfill worker positions were within civil service, and thus governed by merit principles under this section, county violated Hawaii constitution and civil service statutes when it privatized new landfill operation.  85 H. 61, 937 P.2d 397.

  County's decision to terminate, and thereby privatize, refuse collection services violated constitutional merit principles and civil service laws and deprived civil servants of the protections guaranteed in this section and chapter 76.  137 H. 409, 375 P.3d 188 (2016).