STAND. COM. REP. NO. 940-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2482

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2482 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEETING NOTICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Office of the Lieutenant Governor or the appropriate county clerk's office to ensure access to paper or electronic copies of all meeting notices, rather than requiring the timely posting of notices in a central location in a public building.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and Office of Information Practices.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the amendment that would have required the Office of the Lieutenant Governor or the appropriate county clerk's office to ensure access to paper or electronic copies of all meeting notices;

(2) Repealing the existing statutory requirement for:

(A) A board to file a copy of the notice of any regular, special, emergency, rescheduled meeting, or executive meeting when anticipated in advance, with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor or appropriate county clerk's office; and

(B) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor or appropriate county clerk's office to timely post paper or electronic copies in a central location in a public building; and

(3) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2482, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2482, H.D. 1.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair