Definitions for the Sunshine Law

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Administrator. The city officer or employee designated by the mayor to administer this article. Board. Any agency, board, commission, authority, or committee of the executive branch of the city that is created by constitution, statute, charter, ordinance, rule, or executive order, to have supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power over specific matters and that is required to conduct meetings and to take official actions, and includes the neighborhood boards and the city’s community visioning teams. Date of Taking Office. Any of the following: (1) For a member of a board who is appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council, the date of the council confirmation; (2) For a member of a board who is appointed by the mayor or a department head, without the necessity of council confirmation, the date of the appointment, even if the appointing document is received by the member on a later date; (3) For a member of a board who is appointed by the council, the council chair, a council committee or a council committee chair, the date of the appointment, even if the appointing document is received by the member on a later date; (4) For a member of a neighborhood board, the date on which the member is sworn into office; and (5) For a person who has attended a meeting of a community visioning team, the date on which the person attends the person’s third meeting of the community visioning team for a particular geographical area. Meeting. The convening of a board for which a quorum is required to make a decision or to deliberate toward a decision upon a matter over which the board has supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power. Office of Information Practices. The State office of information practices or any successor State agency designated by State law to administer the sunshine law. Sunshine Law. Has the same meaning as defined in HRS Chapter 92, Part I.