Bill Text: HI HB2482 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Meeting Notices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-03 - Act 166, 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267). [HB2482 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB2482-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MEETING NOTICES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"(b)
No less than six calendar days prior to the meeting, the board shall post
the notice on an electronic calendar on a website maintained by the State or the
appropriate county and post a notice in the board's office for public inspection. The notice shall also be posted at the site of
the meeting whenever feasible. [The
board shall file a copy of the notice with the office of the lieutenant
governor or the appropriate county clerk's office and retain a copy of proof of
filing the notice, and the office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate
clerk's office shall timely post paper or electronic copies of all meeting
notices in a central location in a public building; provided that a failure to
do so by the board, the office of the lieutenant governor, or the appropriate
county clerk's office shall not require cancellation of the meeting. The copy of the notice to be provided to the
office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate county clerk's office may
be provided via electronic mail to an electronic mail address designated by the
office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate county clerk's office, as
applicable.]"
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Sunshine Law; Public Meetings; Public Notice
Description:
Repeals the requirement that a board file a copy of the notice of any regular, special, emergency, rescheduled meeting, or any executive meeting when anticipated in advance, with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor or appropriate county clerk's office. Repeals the requirement that the Office of the Lieutenant Governor or appropriate county clerk's office timely post paper or electronic copies in a central location in a public building. (HD1)
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