Bill Text: HI SB140 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Government Records; Maintenance; Duty to Exercise Reasonable Care; Public Inspection
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-04-30 - Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:00PM in conference room 325. [SB140 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-SB140-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. In Molfino v. Yuen, No. 07-1-0378 (Haw. Sup. Ct. Nov. 13, 2014), the supreme court of the State of Hawaii upheld a circuit court ruling that, absent a statutory requirement, a government agency does not have a duty of reasonable care with respect to maintaining government records for the purpose of public inspection.
The purpose of this Act is to amend chapter 94, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to create a statutory requirement that government agencies exercise reasonable care in maintaining government records that are open to public inspection.
SECTION 2. Chapter 94, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§94- Duty to exercise reasonable care in maintaining records. (a) Each unit of government in the State and its political subdivisions shall:
(1) Exercise reasonable care in the maintenance of all government records under its control that are required by chapter 92F to be available for public inspection;
(2) Issue instructions and guidelines necessary to effectuate this section; and
(3) Take steps to ensure that all its employees and officers responsible for the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of government records are informed of the requirements of this section.
Adherence to a duly adopted records retention and destruction plan shall create a rebuttable presumption that the unit of the State or its political subdivision exercised reasonable care in its maintenance of government records for purposes of this section and in defending a cause of action raised pursuant to this section."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2030.
Report Title:
Government Records; Maintenance; Duty to Exercise Reasonable Care; Public Inspection
Description:
Requires agencies to exercise reasonable care in the maintenance of all government records under its control that are required to be made available for public inspection. (SB140 HD2)
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