Bill Text: HI SB1034 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating To Community Meetings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-16 - The committee on JDL deferred the measure. [SB1034 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-SB1034-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1034

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 92-2.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

     "(e)  Two or more members of a board, but less than the number of members which would constitute a quorum for the board, may attend an informational meeting or presentation on matters relating to official board business, including a meeting of another entity, legislative hearing, convention, seminar, or community meeting[;] open to the public; provided that the meeting or presentation is not specifically and exclusively organized for or directed toward members of the board.  The board members in attendance may participate in discussions, including discussions among themselves; provided that the discussions occur during and as part of the informational meeting or presentation; and provided further that no commitment relating to a vote on the matter is made or sought.

     At the next duly noticed meeting of the board, the board members shall report their attendance and the matters presented and discussed that related to official board business at the informational meeting or presentation.

     Notwithstanding section 92-3.1, for purposes of this subsection, the limitation on the number of members that may attend an informational meeting or presentation shall not apply to members of a county council."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Open Meetings; Sunshine Law; Permitted Interactions; County Councils

 

Description:

Exempts members of a county council from the limitation on the number of members that may attend an informational meeting or presentation on matters relating to official board business, including a meeting of another entity, legislative hearing, convention, seminar, or community meeting.  Clarifies that such meetings shall be open to the public for purposes of permitted interactions.

 

 

 

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