§109-1 Stadium authority; appointment, terms. (a) There shall be within the department of business, economic development, and tourism for administrative purposes only, a stadium authority whose responsibility shall be to maintain, operate, and manage the stadium development district. The authority shall consist of eleven members. Eight members shall be appointed by the governor in the manner prescribed by section 26-34.

Of the eight public members:

(1) One member shall be designated as the Aiea community representative and be a resident of one of the following areas:

(A) Excluding Ford Island, the area beginning at the intersection of the shoreline and Admiral Clarey (Ford Island) Bridge and running:

(i) Easterly along said bridge to Salt Lake boulevard;

(ii) Southeasterly along said boulevard to Luapele drive;

(iii) Westerly along said drive to Fleet place;

(iv) Westerly along said place to Ulithi street;

(v) Southwesterly along said street to Luapele road;

(vi) Westerly along said road to Ulihi road;

(vii) Westerly along said road to Makalapa drive;

(viii) Southwesterly along said drive to Halawa drive;

(ix) Northwesterly along said drive to Kamehameha highway;

(x) Northerly along said highway to Halawa stream;

(xi) Westerly along said stream to the shoreline; and

(xii) Northerly along said shoreline to its intersection with Admiral Clarey (Ford Island) Bridge;

(B) The area beginning at the intersection of Kaonohi street and H-1 freeway and running:

(i) Southeasterly along said freeway to the Moanalua freeway - Kamehameha highway connector;

(ii) Northwesterly along said highway connector to Kamehameha highway;

(iii) Northwesterly along said highway to Aiea stream;

(iv) Southerly along said stream to the shoreline;

(v) Northwesterly along said shoreline to Kalauao stream;

(vi) Northeasterly along said stream to Kamehameha highway;

(vii) Northwesterly along said highway to Kaonohi street; and

(viii) Northeasterly along said street to its intersection with H-1 freeway; or

(i) Southeasterly along said ridge to Ewa-Honolulu district boundary;

(ii) Southwesterly along said boundary to Red Hill Naval Reservation boundary;

(iii) Southwesterly along said boundary to Tampa drive;

(iv) Westerly along said drive to the unnamed road;

(v) Northerly along said road to Icarus way;

(vi) Westerly along said way to the unnamed road;

(vii) Southwesterly along said road to Moanalua freeway (H-201);

(viii) Westerly along said freeway to H-1 freeway;

(ix) Northwesterly along said freeway to Kaonohi street;

(x) Southwesterly along said street to Moanalua road;

(xi) Westerly along said road to Kaahumanu street;

(xii) Northerly along said street to Komo Mai drive;

(xiii) Easterly along said drive to Punanani gulch;

(xiv) Northeasterly along said gulch to the powerline;

(xv) Southeasterly along said powerline to Waimalu stream;

(xvi) Northeasterly along said stream to Aiea stream;

(xvii) Easterly along said stream to Waimalu stream; and

(xviii) Southeasterly along said stream to its intersection with Koolau ridge; and

(2) One member shall be designated as the west Honolulu community representative and be a resident of the area beginning at the intersection of H-1 freeway and Moanalua freeway (H-201) and running:

(A) Southeasterly along said freeway to Aliamanu Military Reservation southern boundary;

(B) Westerly along said boundary to Wanaka street;

(D) Northwesterly along said street to Ukana street;

(E) Southwesterly along said street to Keaka drive;

(F) Northwesterly along said drive to Manuwa drive;

(G) Southeasterly along said drive to Pakini street;

(H) Southwesterly along said street to Keaka drive;

(I) Southerly along said drive to Puolo drive;

(J) Westerly along said drive to Likini street;

(K) Southerly along said street to Maluna street;

(L) Westerly along said street to Salt Lake boulevard;

(M) Southeasterly along said boulevard to the former street entrance to U.S. Naval Reservation;

(N) Southwesterly along said feature to Reeves loop;

(O) Southwesterly along said loop to Radford drive;

(P) Westerly along said drive to H-1 freeway; and

(Q) Northerly along said freeway to its intersection with Moanalua freeway (H-201).

Each public member of the authority shall have been a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State for at least five years next preceding the member's appointment. The remaining three members shall include the director of business, economic development, and tourism or the director's designee, who shall be an ex officio voting member, and the president of the University of Hawaii and superintendent of education, or their designees, who shall be ex officio nonvoting members of the authority.

(b) The chairperson of the authority shall be elected by the majority of the members of the authority. The term of each member shall be four years; provided that:

(1) Of the members initially appointed, three members shall serve for four years, three members shall serve for three years, and the remaining three members shall serve for two years; and

(2) The terms of the members added by Act 146, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, shall commence on July 1, 2021.

No person shall be appointed consecutively to more than two terms as a member of the authority. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of any unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.

(c) The members of the authority shall serve without compensation and shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. [L 1970, c 172, §1; am L 1971, c 125, pt of §1; am L 1980, c 302, pt of §2; gen ch 1985, 1993; am L 1999, c 160, §7; am L 2016, c 61, §3; am L 2021, c 146, §1; am L 2022, c 220, §6]