ROH §4-7.5
When this law does not apply
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section says the open-meeting rules in this article do not apply to certain council or committee meetings. These are meetings about an already-signed union contract, its terms, or its costs, and meetings of a council investigating committee. Other laws or rules may still apply to those meetings.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Nonapplicability to council or committee meeting on other collective bargaining issue - Nonapplicability to investigating committee meeting
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) This article shall not apply to a council or committee meeting at which a collective bargaining agreement executed by the public employers and exclusive representative is to be considered. This article also shall not apply to a council or committee meeting at which a term or condition of an executed collective bargaining agreement is to be considered.
(b) This article also shall not apply to a council or committee meeting at which a proposed appropriation for a collective bargaining cost item is to be considered.
A council or committee meeting on an executed agreement or a term, condition, or cost item of such an agreement shall be subject to other applicable law, Charter, ordinance, or council rule.
(c) This article shall not apply to a hearing or meeting of a council investigating committee established pursuant to Article 4 . Such a hearing or meeting shall be subject to Article 4 .
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