Bill Text: HI SB3307 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Public Agency Meetings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-16 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. [SB3307 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB3307-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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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 by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a)
A board may hold an executive meeting that is 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 that is closed to the public shall be recorded and entered into the
minutes of the meeting. Representatives
of the news media shall be allowed to attend executive meetings; provided that
the board may require that specified information be undisclosed pursuant to
subsection (b)."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
OIP; Public Agency Meetings; Sunshine Law; Representatives of the News Media; Exemption
Description:
Authorizes representatives of the news media to be allowed to attend executive meetings held by a board under section 92-4, HRS. (SD1)
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