HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2648

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to public meetings.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 92-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

     "(d)  No board shall change the agenda, once filed, by adding items thereto without a two-thirds recorded vote of all members to which the board is entitled; provided that no item shall be added to the agenda if it is of reasonably major importance and action thereon by the board will affect a significant number of persons.  Items of reasonably major importance not decided at a scheduled meeting shall be considered only [at a] if the meeting [continued] is recessed and reconvened to a reasonable day and time[.] within five days from the scheduled meeting; provided that:

(1) Before the recess is called the presiding officer announces the date, time, and location of the reconvened meeting;

(2) At all locations where the notice of the scheduled meeting was posted, including the board's website, if applicable, the notice shall be marked, within a reasonable time, to indicate the date, time, and location of the reconvened meeting; and

(3)  If the scheduled meeting's testimony period was not closed prior to the recess, the scheduled meeting's testimony period shall remain open at the reconvened meeting, until the testimony period is appropriately closed."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Public Meetings; Notice

 

Description:

Clarifies notice requirements for recessed and reconvened meetings under chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

 

 

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