STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1462-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2121

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2121, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Make permanent Act 221, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2014, which enables county council members to attend public meetings of a different board or community group while remaining in compliance with the State's Sunshine Law requirements for open public meetings and records; and

(2)  Require each county council to submit an annual report, including any recommendations or proposed legislation, to the Legislature prior to the convening of each regular session on the effectiveness and application of procedural requirements for compliance with Act 221, SLH 2014.

The Office of Information Practices, Chair of the Kauai County Council, and Secretary of the Hawaii State Association of Counties testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2121, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2121, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair