Bill Text: HI HB723 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Sunshine Law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [HB723 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB723-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 92-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§92-10
Legislative branch; legislatively appointed bodies;
applicability. (a) Notwithstanding any provisions contained in
this chapter to the contrary, and except as otherwise provided under
subsection (b), open meeting requirements, and provisions regarding
enforcement, penalties and sanctions, as they [are to] relate to the
state legislature or to any of its members shall be [such] as [shall
be] prescribed from time to time [prescribed] by the
respective rules and procedures of the senate and [the] house of
representatives, which rules and procedures shall take precedence over this
part. Similarly, provisions relating to
notice, agenda and minutes of meetings, and such other requirements as may be
necessary, shall also be governed by the respective rules and procedures of the
senate and [the] house of representatives.
(b) Except as provided in this subsection, this
part and part IV shall apply to each legislatively appointed body and shall
take precedence over any rules and procedures of the senate or house of
representatives that govern the same content of this part and part IV as they
relate to meetings and public hearings of legislatively appointed bodies.
(c) For the purposes of this section, "legislatively appointed body" means a task force, working group, commission, special committee, or select committee that has a membership consisting in part or in whole of non-legislative members who were appointed by one or both houses of the legislature or one or both of the presiding officers of each house of the legislature."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
Report Title:
Legislatively Appointed Bodies; Task Forces; Working Groups; Commissions; Special Committees; Sunshine Law
Description:
Expands application of the State's sunshine law to legislatively appointed bodies, including task forces, working groups, commissions, special committees, and select committees. (SD1)
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