Informal Opinions – Sunshine Law

S Memo 15-2 April 14, 2015 Honolulu City Council Annual Budget Review The purpose of the Honolulu City Council Budget Committee’s annual budget review is to receive overviews by each City agency of their proposed budgets, and for Budget Committee members...

S Memo 15-1 October 29, 2014 Meeting Notice for Proposed Rules Act 68, 2014 Hawaii Session Laws, amended the Sunshine Law to allow boards to describe proposed rules as agenda items with statements that the rules can be reviewed in...

S Memo 14-15 June 30, 2014 Sufficiency of Council Agenda Requesters asked for a decision as to whether: (1) the Hawaii County Council (Council) violated the Sunshine Law by not listing on its agenda for its February 1, 2012 meeting...

S Memo 14-14 June 30, 2014 Sufficiency of Agendas Requester asked for six separate determinations as to whether the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR), the Small Business Regulatory Review Board (SBRRB), and the Communication Access Committee of the...

S Memo 14-13March 4, 2014Agenda Item for Discussion of Settlement Agreement Requester asked whether the Kauai County Council (Council) violated the Sunshine Law during three executive sessions in October 2009 by discussing and ultimately approving a settlement agreement with a...

S Memo 14-12January 31, 2014Amendment of Neighborhood Board’s Agenda Requester asked for an opinion as to whether the Sunshine Law would have allowed the Makakilo/Kapolei/Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board (Board), at the request of then-Councilmember Tom Berg, to add the Landfill...

S Memo 14-11December 27, 2013Request for Investigation Requester asked for a decision whether the Kauai County Board of Ethics (Board) violated the Sunshine Law, Part I of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), by not allowing him to provide oral...

S Memo 14-10December 20, 2013Board’s Closed Meeting to Approve and Execute a Final Order upon Remand Requester asked for a decision as to whether the Contractors License Board (Board), Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs (DCCA), violated the Sunshine Law by...

S Memo 14-9November 6, 2013Notice and Agenda; Identification Requirement Requester asked for an investigation into whether the Board of Health (“BOH”) violated the Sunshine Law by (1) stating on its agenda that no public testimony would be accepted, (2) not...

S Memo 14-8October 25, 2013Mailing of Notice in a Timely Manner Requester filed a complaint alleging that the Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Board (MVR) and the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board (MVIL) violated the Sunshine Law by not mailing meeting...