HAR §15-106-4. Meetings

(a) The authority may meet and exercise its powers in any part of the State. Except as provided in sections 92-4 and 92-5, HRS, all meetings of the authority shall be open to the public. Public notice of all meetings, except emergency meetings, shall be made pursuant to section 92-7, HRS. The authority shall not change the agenda of any meeting, once it is filed in the office of the lieutenant governor, by adding items to the agenda without a recorded vote of two-thirds of all members to which the authority is entitled, provided that no item shall be added to the agenda if it is of reasonably major importance such that action on the item will affect a significant number of persons. Items that will affect a significant number of persons not decided at a scheduled meeting shall be considered only at a meeting continued to a reasonable day and time. Notices of meetings of the authority may be sent to interested persons, and distributed to the news media. The parliamentary procedure to be utilized by the authority in the conduct of its meetings shall be based on Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, 1981 Edition, only if it does not conflict with chapters 91 and 92, HRS, or this chapter. (b) Regular meetings may be held at the regular meeting place of the authority on the first Wednesday of each month, provided that if that date falls on a legal holiday, then the regular meeting for that date shall be held on the weekday immediately following the holiday. Any business of the authority may be transacted at regular meetings. The authority may hold its regular meetings on other than the stipulated dates and times, and at other than the stipulated place, provided that proper notice is given of the changes. (c) Special meetings shall be held at such times and places as the authority may determine, and may be called by the chairperson at such times and places as the chairperson may determine. A special meeting may be called at the written request of any member of the authority filed with the executive director. Written notice of any special meeting shall be given to each member of the authority within a reasonable time prior to the date of the special meeting. At the special meeting, no business shall be considered other than as specifically designated in the written notice and in the public notice given pursuant to section 92-7, HRS. (d) The authority may hold an executive meeting closed to the public pursuant to section 92-4, HRS. An executive meeting may be held only for one or more of the purposes specified in section 92-5(a), HRS. The authority shall not make a decision or deliberate toward a decision in an executive meeting on matters not directly related to the purposes specified in section 92-5(a), HRS. (e) The authority may hold an emergency meeting that does not comply with the public notice requirements of section 92-7, HRS, under the conditions specified in section 92-8, HRS. [Eff 11/20/89; am and comp FEB 25 1994] ( Auth: HRS §§91-2, 206X-4) (Imp: HRS §§91-2, 92-3, 92-4, 92-5, 92-7, 92-8, 206X-4)