Haw. Rev. Stat. § 49
Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
That every bill which shall have passed the legislature shall be certified by the presiding officers and clerks of both houses, and shall thereupon be presented to the governor. If he approves it, he shall sign it, and it shall become a law. If the governor does not approve such bill, he may return it, with his objections, to the legislature.
He may veto any specific item or items in any bill which appropriates money for specific purposes; but shall veto other bills, if at all, only as a whole.
Clerk is an "officer." See note to §20. See note to next § re taking effect of law. Whether J.R. may be vetoed, see message of governor to legislature relating to House J.R. No. 8, Session of 1911. Referred to in 16 Hawai'i. 245; 19 H. 12.
HRS § 49