2005

Opinion Letter No. 05-18 December 9, 2005 Disclosure of Plantation Archive Records (RFO 03-044)  OIP received a request for an opinion regarding the records received from Hawaii Sugar Planters’ Association that comprise the Plantation Archives held by the University of Hawaii at Manoa Library...

Opinion Letter No. 05-17 November 17, 2005 Request for Emergency 911 Tape On October 12, 2005, the Hawaii County Police Department (“HCPD”) received an emergency 911 telephone call concerning an “accidental stabbing.” Authorities responding to the 911 call discovered the...

Opinion Letter No. 05-16 November 1, 2005 Request to CVCC for records pertaining to Criminal Case A convicted felon made a request to the Crime Victim Compensation Commission (“CVCC”) for records pertaining to the criminal case that resulted in his...

Opinion Letter No. 05-15 August 4, 2005 Serial One-On-One Communications A City Council member may not use the “permitted interaction” under section 92-2.5(a) of the Sunshine Law (which allows two members to discuss “board business” with each other outside of...

Opinion Letter No. 05-14 May 26, 2005 Withholding of Inmate Records and Regulations on Inmate Access Rights In response to a request by the Department of Public Safety ("PSD"), the OIP reached the following conclusions on the withholding of inmate...

Opinion Letter No. 05-13 May 23, 2005 Information from Survey Responses The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (“DBEDT”) asked OIP whether DBEDT can offer artists or art companies assurances that their responses to a DBEDT survey will be...

Opinion Letter No. 05-12 May 5, 2005 Samples of Live Organisms The State Laboratories Division (“SLD”) of the Department of Health asked the OIP for an opinion regarding whether SLD must provide samples of live organisms, specifically bacteria isolated from...

Opinion Letter No. 05-11 April 27, 2005 Closed Public Building; Unreasonable Delay to Start of Public Meeting OIP addressed two issues raised by a member of the public regarding whether certain actions of the Kauai County Council (the “Council”) were...

Opinion Letter No. 05-10 April 25, 2005 University of Hawaii Campus Security Records [NOTE:  This opinion was partially overruled by OIP Op. Ltr. No. F13-01.] The University of Hawaii asked the OIP for an opinion regarding whether the University’s Campus...

Opinion Letter No. 05-09 April 20, 2005 Charter Schools [Note:  Section 302A-1184, HRS, the statute at issue in this opinion, was repealed in 2006. Adopted in 2012, chapter 302D, HRS, governs public charter schools. Sections 302D-12(e) and 302D-25(a), HRS, expressly exempt charter...