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HB1412
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
1412
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating
to sunshine laws
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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SECTION
1
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Section 92-81,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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[PART
VII.]
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NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD
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Neighborhood board; notice and agenda; public
input; quorum.
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(a)
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Any contrary provision in this chapter
notwithstanding, the provisions of this part shall apply to neighborhood boards
overseen by a neighborhood commission of the city and
county
of
Honolulu
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and such other neighborhood boards as may be created in other counties and
overseen by a county-based commission.
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(b)
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The agenda required to be included in written public notice of a
neighborhood board meeting may include an opportunity for the board to receive
public input on issues not specifically noticed for consideration at the
forthcoming meeting.
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(c)
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Any matter raised as part of the public input agenda allowed under
subsection (b) may be discussed and information on the matter may be received
by the board at the meeting; provided that the board shall not make a decision
relating to the matter.
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The board may
make decisions on matters originally raised as part of a public input agenda
only at a later meeting, where the agenda for the meeting shall give notice of
decision-making on the matter.
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(d)
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A quorum for a meeting of a neighborhood board shall be required for:
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(1)
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Conducting
official board business;
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(2)
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Discussions
prior to and related to voting; and
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(3)
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Voting
required to validate an act of the board as part of official board business.
A
neighborhood board may receive information or
testimony
on a matter of official board business without a quorum; provided that the
board shall not make a decision on the issue.
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The board members, at the next meeting of the neighborhood board, shall
report the matters presented as information or
testimony
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(e)
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The
neighborhood commission of the city and county of Honolulu and
such other county-based commissions, shall serve as the respective oversight
authorities for application of this chapter to neighborhood boards.
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SECTION
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Section 92-83,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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Neighborhood board meeting; unanticipated
events; public interest
; official reports
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(a)
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An unanticipated event
that occurs after public notice of a neighborhood board meeting has been
issued, but before the scheduled meeting, may be the subject of discussion at
the scheduled meeting if timely action on the matter is necessary for public
health, welfare, and safety.
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At a duly
noticed meeting, a board may take action on an unanticipated event in the
public interest that is not on the agenda in the same manner as if the board
had held an emergency meeting to take action on the issue, pursuant to section
92-8.
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(b)
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A board may discuss an official government report that is not on the
agenda at a meeting; provided that the board shall not make a decision relating
to the report.
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The board may make
decisions relating to the report only at a later meeting, where the agenda for
the meeting shall give notice of decision-making on the matter relating to the
report.
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SECTION 3.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
material is underscored.
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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
Sunshine
Law; Neighborhood Boards; Official Reports; Commission
Description:
Designates
the neighborhood commission as the appropriate oversight authority for
application of the sunshine law to neighborhood boards.
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Authorizes neighborhood boards to discuss
official government reports without placing it on the agenda, provided that no
decision-making can be made.
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