2001

Opinion Letter No. 01-07 December 31, 2001 Maui County Charter A member of the Maui County Council requested an opinion on whether section 3-8 of the Charter of the County of Maui can require council members to route requests to...

Opinion Letter No. 01-06 December 31, 2001 The Public's Right to Testify on Agenda Items, and Agenda Requirements, Under the Sunshine Law A member of the City Council requested an opinion regarding compliance by the Honolulu Liquor Commission ("Liquor Commission") with...

Opinion Letter No. 01-05 December 14, 2001 Disclosure of Attorney Work Product An employee of a state agency sought to obtain a copy of a letter containing legal advice from the Department of the Attorney General concerning a State agency's internet...

Opinion Letter No. 01-04 October 29, 2001 Disclosure of Sexual Harassment Complaint Investigation Records The Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii ("RCUH") administers research projects for the University of Hawaii. During one project, an Equal Employment Opportunity complaint was...

Opinion Letter No. 01-03 September 17, 2001 Disclosure of Inmate Information A private company, Verifacts, Inc., asked the Department of Public Safety ("PSD") for a copy of inmate data that PSD maintains in its database. The Department of the Attorney General...

Opinion Letter No. 01-02 April 12, 2001 Real Property Tax Information Made Confidential by Ordinance The Office of Information Practices' Opinion Letter No. 01-02 addressed a proposed bill for an ordinance to make certain tax assessment records of the City and...

Opinion Letter No. 01-01 April 9, 2001 Sunshine Law Applied to Neighborhood Vision Teams In the Office of Information Practices' Opinion Letter No. 01-01, the OIP construed an ambiguity in the Sunshine Law liberally to carry out the Sunshine Law’s purpose...