HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2444
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to public agency meetings.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 92-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

     "(e)  The board shall maintain a list of names and electronic and postal mail addresses of persons who request notification of meetings and shall [mail] transmit a copy of the notice to such persons at their last recorded electronic mail address no later than the time the agenda is filed under subsection (b).  If no electronic mail address is listed, then the copy of the notice shall be mailed to such persons at their last recorded postal address no later than the time the agenda is filed under subsection (b)."

     SECTION 2.  Section 92-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  The minutes shall be public records and shall be available within thirty days after the meeting except where such disclosure would be inconsistent with section 92-5; provided that minutes of executive meetings may be withheld so long as their publication would defeat the lawful purpose of the executive meeting, but no longer.  Upon request, minutes that have become public record may be electronically mailed to the requestor, or if the requestor does not have an electronic mail address, then the minutes may be mailed to the requestor at the requestor's last recorded postal address."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Public Agency Meetings; Notice; Electronic Mail

Description:

Amends the notice requirement of public agency meetings to allow for notification of meetings and transmittal of meeting minutes by electronic mail.

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