STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1470-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2691

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2691, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOARD MEETINGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow boards, under Hawaii's Sunshine Law, to provide a copy of the public notice of a meeting to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor or appropriate county clerk's office via electronic mail.

The Department of Taxation, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority, and an individual supported this measure. The Office of Information Practices provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2691, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2691, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair