STAND. COM. REP. NO.  585-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2235

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2235 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to streamline notice requirements for what will be considered at a public meeting, by allowing the proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of administrative rules to be described in meeting agendas in the same manner as public hearing notices so long as the notice:

(1)  Contains a statement of the topic of the proposed rules or a general description of the subjects involved, as described in section 91-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

(2)  Includes a statement of when and where the proposed rules may be viewed in person and on the internet as provided in section 91-2.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The Department of the Attorney General; Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism; Department of Human Resources Development; and Office of Information Practices testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2235 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair