Formal Opinions

Opinion Letter No. 90-22 June 21, 1990 Computer Tapes Containing Voter Registration Data [NOTE:  The statutes at issue in this opinion were amended by Act 156, Session Laws of Hawaii 1990 (see HRS ch. 11), which may materially affect the...

Opinion Letter No. 90-21 June 20, 1990 Financial and Compliance Audit of Advocacy Agency [Please note that opinions discussing the deliberative process privilege have been materially affected by the Hawaii Supreme Court’s majority opinion in Peer News LLC v. City and...

Opinion Letter No. 90-20 June 12, 1990 Building Permit Applications Under the UIPA, each agency must disclose building permit information under its control. This includes permit applications and building plans before and after the issuance of a permit. The public may also...

Opinion Letter No. 90-19 May 23, 1990 Unfiled Senate Committee Reports A Senate committee report that has not been submitted to the Senate Clerk for filing because a majority of the committee members did not endorse the committee report need not...

Opinion Letter No. 90-18 May 18, 1990 Video-Taped Confession in Homicide Investigation A video-taped confession of the wife of a murdered legislator is not required to be available for public inspection and copying. Public access to the confession during the investigation...

Opinion Letter No. 90-17 April 24, 1990 Vacation and Sick Leave Records of Agency Employees The public may inspect and copy the vacation and sick leave records of public employees since the employees’ privacy interest in these records is outweighed by...

Opinion Letter No. 90-16 April 24, 1990 Names of Persons Serving on University Search Committee The names of employees serving on a university search committee are public. In addition, the job titles, departments, training, and experience of the search committee members...

Opinion Letter No. 90-15 April 9, 1990 Government Purchasing Information Except to the extent that such information may be protected under section 92F-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, each agency must disclose government records which contain government purchasing information. Additionally, unit prices in a...

Opinion Letter No. 90-14 March 30, 1990 Certified List of Eligibles [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...

Opinion Letter No. 90-13 March 30, 1990 Unclaimed Property Valuations Unclaimed property valuation information maintained by the Department of Finance must be made available for public inspection and copying under the UIPA. The disclosure of this information would assist in disbursing the...