HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2404
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to public information.

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

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to require all government agencies, boards, commissions, and committees to post the minutes of their meetings online.

     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] posted on the website of the board, or if the board does not have a website, on the state internet portal or the website of the appropriate county 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."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 Meetings; Online Posting of Minutes

Description:

Requires all government agencies, boards, commissions, and committees to post the minutes of their meetings online.

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