Bill Text: HI HB640 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public Agency Meetings
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-04-21 - (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-26-11 2:30PM in conference room 325. [HB640 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-HB640-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 92-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§92-4 Executive meetings. (a) A board may hold an executive meeting closed to the public upon an affirmative vote, taken at an open meeting, of two-thirds of the members present; provided the affirmative vote constitutes a majority of the members to which the board is entitled. A meeting closed to the public shall be limited to matters exempted by section 92-5. The reason for holding such a meeting shall be publicly announced and the vote of each member on the question of holding a meeting closed to the public shall be recorded, and entered into the minutes of the meeting.
(b) Any action taken by a board in an executive meeting shall be reported to the public when the board reconvenes in the open meeting at which the executive meeting is held."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 7, 2050.
Report Title:
Public Agency Meetings
Description:
Requires any action taken in an executive meeting be reported when the board reconvenes at the open meeting. Effective January 7, 2050. (HB640 HD1)
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