Formal Opinions

Opinion Letter No. 92-10 August 1, 1992 Department of Taxation Written Determinations [NOTE:  The statutes at issue in this opinion letter were amended by Act 115, Session Laws of Hawaii 1994 (see HRS ch. 231), which permits the Department of Taxation...

Opinion Letter No. 92-09 July 17, 1992 Demurrage Fee Report Forms and Invoices Demurrage fee report forms and invoices maintained by the Department of Transportation, Harbors Division, are government records that are public under the UIPA. Demurrage fees are incurred and paid...

Opinion Letter No. 92-08 July 16, 1992 Veterans’ Personal Data [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, either prohibits public disclosure or mandates...

Opinion Letter No. 92-07 June 29, 1992 List of Self-Insured Employers The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) must make available for public inspection and copying the names of employers that obtained approval to be self-insured under Hawaii’s Workers’ Compensation Law,...

Opinion Letter No. 92-06 June 22, 1992 Dept. of Land & Natural Resources’ Inventory of Trails and Accesses The unpublished portion of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ (DLNR) Inventory of Trails and Accesses may be withheld from public inspection...

Opinion Letter No. 92-05 June 16, 1992 Document Reviews by Commission on Persons With Disabilities Document Reviews prepared by the Commission on Persons With Disabilities should be made available for public inspection and copying under the UIPA. The Document Reviews...

Opinion Letter No. 92-04 June 10, 1992 Petitions for Name Change The OIP determined that neither section 574-5(e), Hawaii Revised Statutes, nor administrative rules adopted by the Lieutenant Governor, authorize the Lieutenant Governor to withhold access to all name change petitions and...

Opinion Letter No. 92-03 March 19, 1992 List of Nominees for Judicial Vacancy [NOTE:  This opinion was partially overruled by OIP Op. Ltr. No. 03-03 in light of Pray v. Judicial Selection Commission of the State of Hawaii, 75 Haw. 333...

Opinion Letter No. 92-02 March 4, 1992 East-West Center The OIP concluded that the East-West Center (EWC) does not constitute an "agency" as this term is defined by the UIPA. Act 82, 1975 Hawaii Session Laws, expressly provides that the EWC...

Opinion Letter No. 92-01 February 21, 1992 Department of Public Safety’s Standards of Conduct The OIP opined that the "Standards of Conduct for the Department of Corrections" must be made available for public inspection and copying by the Department of Public...