No expenditure shall be made under any general appropriation for emergencies except for urgent causes arising when the legislature is not in session, or without the approval of the governor.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 103-5
Emergency expenditures from general appropriations
L 1909, c 62, §6; RL 1925, §1482; RL 1935, §112; RL 1945, §369; RL 1955, §9-4; HRS §103-5
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