STAND. COM. REP. NO.551

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1636

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1636 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS AND RECORDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to apply the Sunshine Law apply to county advisory groups.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Office of Information Practices (OIP), The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Kailua Neighborhood Board #31, and two individuals. Testimony in opposition was received from the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting and the Honolulu Department of the Corporation Counsel.

Testimony of the OIP indicates that this measure is necessary to clarify existing law regarding the applicability of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, commonly referred to as the Sunshine Law, to hybrid public-private organizations, such as county vision teams. Testimony indicated that the intent of this measure is to specifically apply the Sunshine Law to county vision teams.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing "advisory group" to "vision team" and defining vision team.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1636, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1636, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair