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VIDEO: Hawaii County Council Wants State Subject To Sunshine Law
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by Big Island Video News
on Oct 3, 2017 at 5:39 pm

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STORY SUMMARY

HILO, Hawaii - Councilmembers agreed on Tuesday that state lawmakers should be subject to the same open meeting requirements and sanctions that they are subject to at the county level.

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(BIVN) – The Hawaii County Council wants state lawmakers to be more transparent.

The Council’s Governmental Relations and Economic Development Committee advanced a resolution requesting the state legislature make itself subject to the Sunshine Law.

Unlike the County Council, state legislators are exempt from the open meeting requirements and sanctions.


Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Hawaii County Council, Sunshine Law, Valerie Poindexter

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