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LWV-Hawaii Legislative Testimony

SB 2962

Relating to
Public Agency Meetings

Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs (PSM) - chair: Will Espero, vice chair: Rosalyn H. Baker

Thursday, February 6, 2014, 3:00 p.m. Conference Room 224

Testifier: Douglas Meller, Legislative Committee, LWV of Hawaii

Click here to view SB2962

Chair Espero, Vice-hair Baker, and Committee Members:

The League of Women Voters is strongly opposed to amending the “sunshine law” as proposed in this bill.

Abusive practices would be legalized if the bill became law. For example, if the bill became law, a developer could host a meeting open to the public to "educate" a county council about his pending zoning application; a county council quorum could attend; and county council members could "trade votes" (e.g. council members could orally promise to vote a certain way on the developer's application if other council member orally promised to vote a certain way on some other bill before the council.)" Unfortunately, SB 2962 “without limitation” would allow such abuses.

Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony.

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