2002

Opinion Letter No. 02-13 December 31, 2002 Attorney Client Privilege A letter from the Maui County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney ("Maui Prosecutor") to the Chair of the Department of Land and Natural Resources ("DLNR") written in response to a question...

Opinion Letter No. 02-12 November 22, 2002 FAMIS Access Hawaii's Fiscal Accounting and Management System ("FAMIS") is a government record as defined by section 92F-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes. As a government record, FAMIS is subject to the Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified),...

Opinion Letter No. 02-11 November 14, 2002 Meetings of Councilmembers Who Have Not Yet Officially Taken Office to Discuss Selection of Officers Members of county councils are not subject to the Sunshine Law prior to officially taking office when they meet to...

Opinion Letter No. 02-10 October 23, 2002 Adjudicative Records of the Judiciary, Administrative Driver's License Revocation Office The Judiciary, Office of the Administrative Director of the Courts, Administrative Driver's License Revocation Office ("ADLRO") requested an opinion concerning whether the government records...

Opinion Letter No. 02-09 September 24, 2002 Actions on Bills and Resolutions Without Notice A committee of the County Council for the County of Maui ("Maui County Council"), may not act on a proposed bill or resolution that is not specifically...

Opinion Letter No. 02-08 September 6, 2002 'Olelo: The Corporation For Community Television and Ho'ike: Kauai Community Television, Inc. [NOTE:  This opinion was partially overruled by ‘Olelo v. OIP, 116 Haw. 337.] The Community Television Producers Association asked the OIP to determine...

Opinion Letter No. 02-07 August 27, 2002 Schedule of Maximum Allowable Medical Fees Schedules of maximum allowable medical fees ("Fee Schedules") that are required by statute to be submitted to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations ("DLIR") by health care...

Opinion Letter No. 02-06 August 23, 2002 Withholding of Minutes of a Public Meeting OIP Opinion Letter Number 02-06 discusses a board's discretion, under the UIPA and the Sunshine Law, to withhold tapes, transcripts, notes, and minutes of meetings open to...

Opinion Letter No. 02-05 July 30, 2002 Agency Maintenance of Records Submitted by Private Entity An individual asked the OIP whether an agency subject to the Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified), chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes ("UIPA"), may maintain information about...

Opinion Letter No. 02-04 June 26, 2002 Reports Under Section 8-14.2, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu [OIP Op. Ltr. No. 05-03 partially overrules this opinion to the extent that it states or implies that the UIPA’s privacy exception in section 92F-13(1), HRS,...