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.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 1-28.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§1-28.5 Publication of notice. (a) Notwithstanding any other statute, law, [charter provision, ordinance,] or rule to the contrary, whenever a government agency is required to give public notice or to publish notice, the notice shall be given only as follows:

Additional supplemental notice may also be given through Hawaii FYI, the State's interactive computer system.

(b) For purposes of this section, the comptroller pursuant to chapter 103D shall determine a publication for all government agencies to enable the public to go to one source of publication for published public notice by a governmental agency on each island.

(c) Whenever a public notice is published in a newspaper or other publication described in subsection (a), proof of the publication shall be the affidavit of the printer, publisher, principal clerk, or business manager of the newspaper or other publication or of the designated agent of the group that published the notice.

(d) This section shall not apply to notices required by chapters 103D and 103F.

(e) For purposes of this section, "government agency" means each department, board, commission, or officer of the State [or any of its political subdivisions.] and does not include any of the counties unless this section shall apply to notices required by chapters 103D or 103F."