Report Title:

Notices; Publication

 

Description:

Exempts counties from definition of government agency except for procurement code and health and human services contracts. Allows the comptroller to determine a publication on each island to which the public can go to as one source for notices from a government agency.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1023

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to publication of notice.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 1-28.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By amending subsections (a) and (b) to read:

"(a) Notwithstanding any other statute, law, [charter provision, ordinance,] or rule to the contrary, whenever a government agency is required to give public notice or to publish notice, the notice shall be given only as follows:

(1) For statewide publication:

(A) In a daily or weekly publication of statewide circulation; or

(B) By publication in separate daily or weekly publications whose combined circulation is statewide; and

(2) For county-wide publication, by publication in a daily or weekly publication in the affected county.

Additional supplemental notice may also be given through Hawaii FYI, the State's interactive computer system.

(b) For purposes of this section, the comptroller pursuant to chapter 103D shall determine a publication for all government agencies to enable the public to go to one source of publication for published public notice by a government agency on each island."

2. By amending subsection (e) to read:

"(e) For purposes of this section, "government agency" means each department, board, commission, or officer of the State [or any of its political subdivisions.] and does not include any of the counties unless this section shall apply to notices required by chapters 103D and 103F."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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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