REPORT TITLE:
Public Notice


DESCRIPTION:
Redefines "government agency" for purposes of the public notice
requirement by not including the counties except for state
procurement code and purchase of health and human services.  The
redefinition would allow counties to select its own rather than a
state-selected publication in which to place a public notice.
(SB3125 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 2
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 1-28.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§1-28.5  Publication of notice.(a)  Notwithstanding any
 
 4 other statute, law, [charter provision, ordinance,] or rule to
 
 5 the contrary, whenever a government agency is required to give
 
 6 public notice or to publish notice, the notice shall be given
 
 7 only as follows:
 
 8      (1)  For statewide publication:
 
 9           (A)  In a daily or weekly publication of statewide
 
10                circulation; or
 
11           (B)  By publication in separate daily or weekly
 
12                publications whose combined circulation is
 
13                statewide; and
 
14      (2)  For county-wide publication, by publication in a daily
 
15           or weekly publication in the affected county.
 
16 Additional supplemental notice may also be given through Hawaii
 
17 FYI, the State's interactive computer system.
 
18      (b)  For purposes of this section, the comptroller pursuant
 
19 to chapter 103D shall determine a publication for all government
 
20 agencies to enable the public to go to one source of publication
 

 
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 1 for published public notice by a governmental agency on each
 
 2 island.
 
 3      (c)  Whenever a public notice is published in a newspaper or
 
 4 other publication described in subsection (a), proof of the
 
 5 publication shall be the affidavit of the printer, publisher, 
 
 6 principal clerk, or business manager of the newspaper or other
 
 7 publication or of the designated agent of the group that
 
 8 published the notice.
 
 9      (d)  This section shall not apply to notices required by
 
10 chapters 103D and 103F.
 
11      (e) For purposes of this section, "government agency" means
 
12 each department, board, commission, or officer of the State [or
 
13 any of its political subdivisions.] and does not include any of
 
14 the counties unless this section shall apply to notices required
 
15 by chapters 103D and 103F."
 
16      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
17 New statutory material is underscored.
 
18      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.