§40-6 Approval of business and accounting forms. The comptroller shall determine the forms required to adequately supply accounting and statistical data for the state government. The comptroller shall require heads of departments and establishments of the state government to submit proposed new forms or proposed changes in current business and accounting forms for review and approval before ordering the same printed; except that the University of Hawaii and the department of education shall be subject to this requirement only with respect to uniform business and accounting forms of statewide use in the State's accounting system. All standard state forms shall be classified, numbered, and standardized in design, dimensions, color, and grade of paper and recorded in a catalogue of accounting and statistical forms by the comptroller. [L 1927, c 219, §2; RL 1935, §559; RL 1945, §1561; RL 1955, §34-10; am L 1957, c 152, §1; am L 1959, c 145, §1; HRS §40-6; am L 1986, c 321, §§7, 12; am L 1987, c 283, §69; am L 1989, c 371, §7; am L 1991, c 163, §3; am L 1993, c 314, §2; am L Sp 1993, c 8, §22; am L 1997, c 180, §1; am L 1998, c 115, §24; am L 2004, c 58, §§5, 14; am L 2005, c 22, §50 and c 137, §1; am L 2006, c 161, §§4, 7 and c 306, §1; am L Sp 2009, c 5, §12; am L 2010, c 102, §5, and c 124, §8 as superseded by c 124, §12; am L 2015, c 44, §§4, 7, 8; am L 2017, c 91, §5]