Bill Text: HI SB965 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public Meetings; Emergency Meetings; Information Practices
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB965 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB965-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Public Meetings; Emergency Meetings; Information Practices
Description:
Requires that, in order for a board to hold an emergency meeting, the board must obtain concurrence from the Director of the Office of Information Practices to the board's finding that the conditions necessary for an emergency meeting exist.
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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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:
SECSECTION 1. Section 92-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) If an unanticipated event requires a board to take action on a matter over which it has supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power, within less time than is provided for in section 92-7 to notice and convene a meeting of the board, the board may hold an emergency meeting to deliberate and decide whether and how to act in response to the unanticipated event; provided that:
(1) The board states in writing the reasons for its
finding that an unanticipated event has occurred and that an emergency meeting
is necessary and the [attorney general] director of the office of
information practices concurs that the conditions necessary for an
emergency meeting under this subsection exist;
(2) Two-thirds of all members to which the board is entitled agree that the conditions necessary for an emergency meeting under this subsection exist;
(3) The finding that an unanticipated event has occurred and that an emergency meeting is necessary and the agenda for the emergency meeting under this subsection are filed with the office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate county clerk's office, and in the board's office;
(4) Persons requesting notification on a regular
basis are contacted by [mail or] telephone or their requested method
of notification as soon as practicable; and
(5) The board limits its action to only that action which must be taken on or before the date that a meeting would have been held, had the board noticed the meeting pursuant to section 92-7."
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.
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BY REQUEST |
