Report Title:
Public Meetings
Description:
Allows public meetings by video teleconference to continue even if the video connectivity is interrupted or stopped. (SB785 HD2)
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
785 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005 |
S.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
H.D. 2 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 92-3.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) A meeting held by videoconference shall be terminated if, after the meeting convenes, both the audio and video communication cannot be maintained with all locations where the meeting is being held, even if a quorum of the board is physically present in one location[.]; provided that a meeting may be continued by audio communication alone, if:
(1) All visual aids required by, or brought to the meeting by board members or members of the public have already been provided to all meeting participants at all videoconference locations where the meeting is held; or
(2) Participants are able to readily transmit visual aids by some other means (e.g., fax copies), to all other meeting participants at all other videoconference locations where the meeting is held. If copies of visual aids are not available to all meeting participants at all videoconference locations where the meeting is held, those agenda items related to the visual aids shall be deferred until the next meeting; and
(3) No more than fifteen minutes shall elapse in implementing the requirements listed in paragraph (2)."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.