ROH §3-12.4
What the sunshine law training program must cover
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section says what the sunshine law training program must teach. If the Office of Information Practices runs it, that office decides the content. If not, the program must cover eight listed topics, like open meetings, agendas, and penalties. Board members can take the training online.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Contents of program
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) If the office of information practices conducts the sunshine law training program, the program content shall be as prescribed by that office. The office is encouraged to include, at a minimum, the information enumerated in subsection (b).
(b) If the office of information practices does not conduct the program, the program shall, at a minimum, include information on the following:
(1) The purposes of the sunshine law;
(2) Agenda and notice requirements;
(3) Open meeting requirements, including the requirements on the acceptance of oral public testimony;
(4) Permitted and prohibited interactions among members of a board;
(5) Permissible grounds and required procedures for holding a meeting closed to the public;
(6) The taking of, and public availability requirements for, minutes of board meetings;
(7) Penalties for sunshine law violations; and
(8) Administration of the sunshine law.
The program may include such additional information as the administrator and persons conducting the program deem appropriate.
(c) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit board members from participating in the sunshine law training program by viewing an online training video; provided that an online training video that is not created and maintained by the office of information practices shall comply with subsection (b).
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