Bill Text: HI HB2170 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Relating To The University Of Hawaii Board Of Regents.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Takayama excused (2). [HB2170 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2170-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2170

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 304A-104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  At its first meeting after June 30 of each year, the board of regents shall elect a chairperson and one or more vice-chairpersons who shall serve until the adjournment of the first meeting of the board of regents after June 30 of the next year, or thereafter until their successors are elected; provided that the chairperson and vice chairpersons shall not be elected prior to the taking of office of regents whose terms shall begin on July 1 of that year.  The board shall appoint a secretary, who shall not be a member of the board.  The president of the university shall act as executive officer of the board.  A majority of the board of regents shall constitute a quorum to conduct business, and the concurrence of a majority of all the members to which the board of regents is entitled shall be necessary to make any action of the board of regents valid.  The board shall [meet at]:

     (1)  Meet at least ten times annually and, from time to time, may meet in each of the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai[.]; and

     (2)  Broadcast the meetings live on the Internet, record the meetings in digital video format, and archive them for public use within seventy-two hours after adjournment of a meeting."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.


 


 

Report Title:

University of Hawaii; Board of Regents; Meetings; Public Access

 

Description:

Requires all public meetings of the Board of Regents to be recorded in digital video format, webcast live, and archived and made available to the public.  Takes effect on 7/1/2050.  (HD1)

 

 

 

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