Hawaii Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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Hawaii Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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General information
Office Type:  Nonpartisan
Office website:  Official Link
Compensation:  $154,812
2024 FY Budget:  $104,441,384
Term limits:  None
Structure
Length of term:   4 years coterminous with the governor
Authority:  Hawaii Revised Statutes, 26-9
Selection Method:  Appointed by the governor
Current Officeholder

Hawaii Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Nadine Ando
Nonpartisan
Assumed office: May 2, 2023

Other Hawaii Executive Offices
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The Hawaii Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is a state executive position in the Hawaii state government. The director heads the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, an agglomeration of 12 state divisions and offices concerned with the registration and regulation of business in the state. The department also performs a variety of consumer advocacy and protection roles, oversees professional and vocational licensing and investigates and prosecutes complaints against regulated industries.[1]

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs contains the Division of Insurance; as such, the director supervises and appoints the Hawaii Commissioner of Insurance and has ultimate responsibility for regulation of the state's insurance industry.[2]

Current officeholder

The current Hawaii Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is Nadine Ando (nonpartisan). Ando assumed office in 2023.

Authority

The position of the director of commerce and consumer affairs is established by state law.[3]

Hawaii Revised Statutes, 26-9

(a) The department of commerce and consumer affairs shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of commerce and consumer affairs.

Qualifications

Like all state "principal department" heads, the director must be a U.S. citizen and a resident of Hawaii for at least a year before his appointment.

Hawaii Constitution, Article V, Section 6

Every officer appointed under the provisions of this section shall be a citizen of the United States and shall have been a resident of this State for at least one year immediately preceding that person's appointment, except that this residency requirement shall not apply to the president of the University of Hawaii.

Appointments

As the head of a principal executive department, the director is appointed by the governor with the consent of the Hawaii Senate. The appointee holds office for a term concurrent with that of the governor, who may also remove him from office at any time.

Hawaii Constitution, Article V, Section 6

Each principal department shall be under the supervision of the governor and, unless otherwise provided in this constitution or by law, shall be headed by a single executive. Such single executive shall be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor. That person shall hold office for a term to expire at the end of the term for which the governor was elected, unless sooner removed by the governor; except that the removal of the chief legal officer of the State shall be subject to the advice and consent of the senate.

Term limits

There are no term limits associated with the office of director of finance.

Vacancies

If a vacancy occurs, the governor appoints a replacement with the consent of the state Senate. If the Senate is out of session when the vacancy occurs, the governor may appoint a temporary replacement to exercise the powers of attorney general until the legislature reconvenes. Details of vacancy appointments for cabinet-level state executive officers are laid out in Article V, Section 6 of the Hawaii Constitution.

Duties

The director oversees the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Hawaii agency concerned with the registration and regulation of business in the state. The department also performs various duties related to consumer advocacy and protection and licenses various professions and vocations. The department's divisions of cable television, financial institutions and insurance have specific regulatory responsibility for those industries.[4]


Divisions

As of January 16, 2021, the Hawaii Office of Commerce and Consumer Affairs contains the following divisions:

  • Office of Administrative Hearings
  • Business Registration
  • Cable Television
  • Consumer Advocacy
  • Consumer Protection
  • Financial Institutions
  • Insurance
  • Professional and Vocational Licensing
  • Regulated Industries Complaints[5]

State budget

See also: Hawaii state budget and finances

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' budget for Fiscal Year 2024 was $104,441,384.[6]

Compensation

See also: Compensation of state executive officers

The salaries of elected and appointed executives in Hawaii are determined by the Hawaii Commission on Salaries, which was established by constitutional amendment in 2006. Passage of this amendment by the public added the following language to Article XVI of the state constitution:

Article XVI, Section 3.5 of the Hawaii Constitution

Text of Section 3.5:

There shall be a commission on salaries as provided by law, which shall review and recommend salaries for the justices and judges of all state courts, members of the legislature, department heads or executive officers of the executive departments and the deputies or assistants to department heads of the executive departments as provided by law, excluding the University of Hawaii and the department of education. The commission shall also review and make recommendations for the salary of the administrative director of the State or equivalent position and the salary of the governor and the lieutenant governor.

Any salary established pursuant to this section shall not be decreased during a term of office, unless by general law applying to all salaried officers of the State.

Not later than the fortieth legislative day of the 2007 regular legislative session and every six years thereafter, the commission shall submit to the legislature its recommendations and then dissolve.

The recommended salaries submitted shall become effective as provided in the recommendation, unless the legislature disapproves the entire recommendation as a whole by adoption of a concurrent resolution prior to adjournment sine die of the legislative session in which the recommendation is submitted; provided that any change in salary which becomes effective shall not apply to the legislature to which the recommendation for the change in salary was submitted.

The commission consists of seven members selected by the governor (two seats), the President of the Hawaii State Senate (two seats), Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives (two seats) and the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court (one seat). Commissioners meet every six years to evaluate salaries for executive, judicial and legislative officials. Their recommendations go into effect unless the Hawaii State Legislature votes to reject the entirety of the commission's final report. The commission last met in November 2012 and made recommendations for official salaries between 2013 and 2018.[7]

2022

In 2022, the officer's salary was $154,812, according to the Council of State Governments.[8]

2021

In 2021, the director received a salary of $154,812, according to the Council of State Governments.[9]

2020

In 2020, the director received a salary of $154,812, according to the Council of State Governments.[10]

2019

In 2019, the director received a salary of $147,444, according to the Council of State Governments.[11]

2018

In 2018, the director received a salary of $144,552, according to the Council of State Governments.[12]

2017

In 2017, the director received a salary of $141,720, according to the Council of State Governments.[13]

2016

In 2016, the director received a salary of $115,008, according to the Council of State Governments.[14]

2015

In 2015, the director received a salary of $112,752, according to the Council of State Governments.[15]

2014

In 2014, the director received a salary of $133,536, according to the Council of State Governments.[16]

2013

In 2013, the director received a salary of $108,972, according to the Council of State Governments.[17]

2010

In 2010, the director received a salary of $108,972, according to the Council of State Governments.[18]

Historical officeholders

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Contact info

Address:
335 Merchant Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (808) 587-1234

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External links

Footnotes

  1. State of Hawaii, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, "Overview/Services," accessed January 16, 2021
  2. State of Hawaii, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, "Insurance," accessed January 16, 2021
  3. Hawaii Revised Statutes, "26-9," accessed January 16, 2021
  4. Hawaii Revised Statutes, "26-9," accessed January 16, 2021
  5. Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, "Divisions," accessed January 16, 2021
  6. Department of Budget and Finance, "The FB 2023-25 Executive Biennium Budget," accessed December 8, 2023
  7. Commission on Salaries, "Report and Recommendations to the 2013 Legislature," March 18, 2013
  8. Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2022 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," provided to Ballotpedia by CSG personnel
  9. Issuu, "The Book of the States 2021," accessed September 22, 2022
  10. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2020," accessed January 16, 2021
  11. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2019," accessed January 16, 2021
  12. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2018," accessed January 16, 2021
  13. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2017," accessed January 16, 2021
  14. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2016," accessed August 27, 2016
  15. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2015," accessed August 27, 2016
  16. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed November 14, 2014
  17. The Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2013, Table 4.11," accessed February 2, 2014
  18. The Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2010 -- Table 4.11," accessed September 26, 2011