HAR §2-1-2. Office

(a) The principal address of the office shall be the Haw.aii State Capitol Building, Honolulu, Hawaii. Unless otherwise specifically provided by law or by direction of the office, all communications to the office shall be sent to the Ii eutenant governor at such address. (b) The office shall be open for the transaction of public business between the hours of 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, inclusive, unless otherwise provided by statute or ~xecutive order. 1-1 390 52-1-2 (c) The lieutenant governor shall have charge of the official files and records of the office and shall be responsible for the maintenance and custody of the same, in addition to all papers and requests, findings and determinations, reports, opinions, rules and approved forms. All orders and other actions of the office shall be authenticated and signed, or otherwise authorized by the lieutenant governor or the duly authorized subordinate. [Eff.. 9/30/69; am and ren 52-1-2 MAR 1 1 1982 l(Auth: HRS S91-2)(Imp:- HRS §80-1) 52-1-3 Public records and information. (a) The term "public records" as used in this section, shall be defined as in 592-50, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Public records include the rules, written statements of policy or interpretation formulated, adopted or used by the office, all final opinions, rulings and orders, the minutes of public meetings of the office, and any other material on file for public inspection in the office, but public records shall not include records which invade the right of privacy of an individual or which are deemed confidential pursuant to law. (b) All public records shall be available for inspection by the public in the office during the established office hours unless public inspection of such records is in violation of any law. (c) A person may request a copy of a public record and shall be entitled to the same, provided that the person pays the cost thereof, including the cost of printing and reproduction, publication and mailing, or in the case of a charge specified by law or by rule, such specified charge. (d) Requests for public information, requests for perm1ss1on to inspect public records and requests for copies of public records may be made by the public in writing to the lieutenant governor. [Eff. 9/30/69; am and ren §2-1-3 MAR 1 1 1982 l(Auth: HRS S91-2)(Imp: HRS §92-21)