2020

U Memo 20-9 May 8, 2020 Government Records that Do Not Exist The Department of the Corporation Counsel, County of Maui (CORP CNSL-M) denied access to two different records requested by the same Requester.  Requester appealed to OIP, and OIP...

U Memo 20-8 May 6, 2020 Cesspool Records A requester asked DOH for “a) physical addresses and b) mailing addresses associated with all known active cesspools on all islands of the State of Hawaii,”  and subsequently amended the request to be for “a) TMK numbers and/or...

U Memo 20-7 March 3, 2020 Complaint Records In accordance with the decision in OIP Opinion Letter Number F20-02 (Opinion F20-02), OIP found in U Memo 20-7 that the Hawaii State Ethics Commission (SEC) properly denied the requester’s request for...

S Memo 20-3 March 3, 2020 Notice of Request for Permit An individual asked for an investigation into whether the Hana Advisory Committee to the Maui Planning Commission (HAC) violated the Sunshine Law by failing to provide adequate public notice...

U Memo 20-6 February 13, 2020 Solid Waste Complaint Documents OIP determined that the Department of Health (DOH) properly redacted the names of complainants from records relating to its investigation of an environmental complaint to avoid the frustration of its...

Opinion Ltr. No. F20-02 February 4, 2020 Redacted Investigation OIP determined that a confidentiality statute in the State Ethics Code (Ethics Code) required the State Ethics Commission (SEC) to withhold access to a redacted copy of an investigation of a...

S Memo 20-2 January 22, 2020 Sufficiency of Agenda At its meeting on February 22, 2017, the Kauai County Council (Council) voted to approve the Kauai Salary Commission’s (Commission) Resolution setting forth the maximum annual salaries that the Commission established...

U Memo 20-5 January 9, 2020 Names of Individuals Sent to Kalaupapa The Department of Health (DOH) asked OIP whether the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Public Law 111-11 (2009)  (PL 111-11) makes the names of individuals sent...

U Memo 20-4 January 7, 2020 Tax Review Estimate Records In response to an appeal (U APPEAL 20-1) filed by a member of the public (Requester) after the Department of Taxation (TAX) denied him access to records, OIP issued a...