Bill Text: HI SB2233 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Electronic Information; Public Notice; Appropriations
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-23 - (H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Ching, Fontaine, McKelvey, Pine, Thielen, Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Herkes excused (1). [SB2233 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2233-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that if a government agency is required to give public notice or to publish notice, the agency must do so in a daily or weekly publication, either statewide or in a specific county, as appropriate. This requirement is costly for the State and does not take full advantage of enhancements in communications technology. Electronic posting of information has become commonplace because it is easy, efficient, relatively inexpensive, and increases public access to the information. The State and counties have official websites that can accommodate government notices and publication of the notices on these websites would provide better service to the public, while providing significant cost savings for state and county governments.
The purpose of this Act is to allow government agencies to disseminate publications of notice electronically, or in a daily or weekly publication of statewide circulation or in a daily or weekly publication in the affected county, as appropriate.
SECTION 2. Section 1-28.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending subsection (a) to read:
"(a) Notwithstanding any other statute,
law, charter provision, ordinance, or rule to the contrary, whenever a
government agency is required to give public notice or to publish notice, the
notice shall be given [only] as follows:
(1) For statewide publication:
(A) By electronic or online publication on the centralized website of the State of Hawaii; or
[(A)] (B) In a daily or weekly
publication of statewide circulation; or
[(B)] (C) By publication in
separate daily or weekly publications whose combined circulation is statewide;
and
(2) For county-wide publication[, by]:
(A) By electronic or online publication on the website of the affected county; or
(B) By publication in a daily or weekly publication in the affected county.
[Additional supplemental notice may also be given
through Hawaii FYI, the State's interactive computer system.] The public
notices and the websites shall be accessible to the disabled, the elderly, and
other individuals who require state assistance to access the website."
2. By amending subsection (c) to read:
"(c) Whenever a public notice is
published [in a newspaper or other publication] as described in
subsection (a), proof of the publication shall be the affidavit of the printer,
publisher, principal clerk, or business manager of the newspaper or other
publication or of the designated agent of the group that published the notice[.],
or of the designated representative of the government agency operating the
centralized website of the State of Hawaii; provided that if the notice is
published on the centralized website of the State of Hawaii the public notice
shall include information or links to other locations of the electronic or
online notice."
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012-2013 for the operational expenses of the office of information management technology, including establishment of a centralized website of the State of Hawaii, to be administered by the office of information management and technology, including but not limited to the following features: one data entry point with multiple destinations; 99.99 per cent reliability; reporting capabilities; integration with the state calendar; equal employment opportunity compliance; mapping and GIS integration; language translation; compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) federal requirements; a ten-year archive; active postings for a period of one month; internet privacy; Electronic Discovery Law compliance; records management compliance, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 security management; and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds to public access channels.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of accounting and general services for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012-2013 for support services by the Hawaii state public library system for the public to access and print information from the centralized website, including ADA-compliant stations with accessible printers and workstations.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2012; provided that section 2 shall take effect on July 1, 2013.
Report Title:
Electronic Information; Public Notice; Appropriations
Description:
Authorizes government agencies to disseminate publications of notice electronically, or in a daily or weekly publication of statewide circulation, or in a daily or weekly publication in the affected county, as appropriate; appropriates funds for the operational expenses of the office of information management technology; appropriates funds for the Hawaii public library system for public access support services; electronic notice requirement effective 7/1/2013. (SD1)
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