REPORT TITLE:
Public Notice


DESCRIPTION:
Requires county directors of finance to determine a publication
to use for all published notices.  (SD2)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 2
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that Act 2, Session Laws
 
 2 of Hawaii 1998, and Act 160, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, amended
 
 3 the laws on the publication of notice.  As a result of these
 
 4 changes, counties must place public notices in a daily or weekly
 
 5 publication in the affected county.  Under the current selection
 
 6 process for the County of Maui, the weekly publication designated
 
 7 does not reach many rural communities in the County of Maui,
 
 8 which includes Molokai and Lanai.
 
 9      The legislature further finds that the current provisions of
 
10 the law are ineffective, inefficient, and deprive the residents
 
11 of certain counties of timely access to government information.
 
12 This is in direct contrast to the intent of Act 2, which is to
 
13 keep the public informed.
 
14      SECTION 2.  Section 1-28.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
15 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
16      "(b)  For purposes of this section, the comptroller for the
 
17 State pursuant to chapter 103D shall determine a publication for
 
18 all State government agencies to enable the public to go to one
 
19 source of publication for State published public notice on each
 
20 [island.] island, and the directors of finance for each county
 

 
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 1 pursuant to chapter 103D shall determine a publication for all
 
 2 county government agencies to enable the public to go to one
 
 3 source of publication for county published public notice on each
 
 4 island.  Each county shall pay the direct cost of its county
 
 5 published public notice.  Nothing in this section shall preclude
 
 6 the comptroller and the county directors of finance from entering
 
 7 into cooperative agreements for the publication of public
 
 8 notices."
 
 9      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
10 New statutory material is underscored.
 
11      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.