STAND. COM. REP. NO. 584-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 1611
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 1611, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Allowing board members to attend:
(A) Public gatherings and community events that do not relate to matters over which the board is currently exercising its adjudicatory, advisory, or legislative function, as long as the members do not participate in ex parte communications at the public gathering or community event; and
(B) Professional-association conferences and professional-development seminars; provided that the board members file a report; and
(2) Allowing a public notice of a board meeting to be sent out by e-mail to those persons who request notification of meetings.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Adding provisions to ensure that board members meet the requirements for permitted interactions between board members when attending a public gathering, community event, professional-association conference, or professional-development seminar; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstative amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1611, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1611, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,
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____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair |
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