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HI Rev Stat § 92F-43 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|92F. Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified)|92F-43 Agency appeal of a decision by the office of information practices.

  §92F-43 Agency appeal of a decision by the office of information practices. (a) An agency may not appeal a decision by the office of information practices made under this chapter or part I of chapter 92, except as provided in this section. Within thirty days of the date of the decision, an agency may seek judicial review of a final decision rendered by the office of information practices under this chapter or part I of chapter 92, by filing a complaint to initiate a special proceeding in the circuit court of the judicial circuit in the State where:  (1) The request for access to a record was made;  (2) The act the office determined was prohibited under part I of chapter 92 occurred; or  (3) The agency's principal place of business is located.  (b) The agency shall give notice of the complaint to the office of information practices and the person who requested the decision for which the agency seeks judicial review by serving a copy of the complaint on each; provided that the office of information practices and the person who requested the decision shall not be required to participate in the proceeding; and provided further that the court shall proceed to review the decision pursuant to the rules applicable to a special proceeding, upon the expiration of time that an answer to the complaint would otherwise need to be filed under the rules of court by the office of information practices or the person upon whom the complaint was served. The office of information practices or the person who requested the decision may intervene in the proceeding.  (c) Within thirty days of service of the complaint, the office of information practices shall file a certified copy of the record that it compiled to make its decision in the circuit court and mail a copy of the index to that record to the appealing agency. The circuit court's review shall be limited to the record that was before the office of information practices when it rendered the decision, unless the circuit court finds that extraordinary circumstances justify discovery and admission of additional evidence. The circuit court shall uphold a decision of the office of information practices, unless the circuit court concludes that the decision was palpably erroneous. [L 2012, c 176, §1] Law Journals and Reviews  2013 Law and Administrative Rules Governing Appeal Procedures of Hawaii's Office of Information Practices. 36 UH L. Rev. 271 (2014).
HI Rev Stat § 93-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|93. Government Publications|93-1 Establishment of state publications distribution center.

  §93-1 Establishment of state publications distribution center. There shall be established within the public library system and under the direction of the state librarian a state publications distribution center for depositing and distributing government publications and for promoting an orderly depository library system for state and county publications. [L 1965, c 175, pt of §2(b); Supp, §13-20; HRS §93-1; am L 1981, c 150, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 93-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|93. Government Publications|93-2 Definitions.

 §93-2 Definitions. "Publication" means informational matter produced for public distribution or access in any tangible medium, originating or produced with the imprint of, by the authority of, or at the total or partial expense of any agency of the State or a county government. "Publication" does not include manuals, calendars, schedules, correspondence, or forms intended strictly for in-house use of governmental agencies, scholarly publications of the University of Hawaii press, and materials developed by the department of education specifically for instructional use with students.  "State and county agency" includes every state, city and county and county office, officer, department, board, commission, and agency, whether in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch. [L 1965, c 175, pt of §2(b); Supp, §13-21; HRS §93-2; am L 2012, c 63, §3] Attorney General Opinions  "Publication" includes agency administrative rules. Att. Gen. Op. 85-15.
HI Rev Stat § 93-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|93. Government Publications|93-3 Deposit of publications.

  §93-3 Deposit of publications. Upon release of a publication, every state and county agency shall immediately deposit two paper copies, and one electronic copy in a format prescribed by the state librarian, with the state publications distribution center and one paper copy with the University of Hawaii. Additional copies of the publications shall be deposited with the publications distribution center upon request of a representative of that center so long as copies are available.  The state librarian may enter into depository agreements with private and public educational, historical, or scientific institutions or other libraries, within or without the State, in order to achieve the objectives sought under this part. [L 1965, c 175, pt of §2(b); Supp, §13-22; HRS §93-3; am L 1970, c 121, §1; am L 1996, c 10, §1; am L 2012, c 63, §4; am L 2019, c 100, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 93-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|93. Government Publications|93-4 Depository library system.

 §93-4 Depository library system. The state librarian shall designate at least one government publications depository in each county and shall distribute to each depository one copy of each publication, as defined in this part. [L 1965, c 175, pt of §2(b); Supp, §13-23; HRS §93-4]
HI Rev Stat § 93-4.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|93. Government Publications|93-4.5 Notification when electronic publications posted.

  §93-4.5 Notification when electronic publications posted. Every state and county agency shall immediately notify the state publications distribution center with identification and location information for each electronic publication made available on a public networked information system such as the Internet. [L 2012, c 63, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 93-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|93. Government Publications|93-5 REPEALED.

 §93-5 REPEALED. L 2012, c 63, §6.
HI Rev Stat § 93-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|93. Government Publications|93-11 Disposition of statutes and court reports.

  §93-11 Disposition of statutes and court reports. In addition to the copies of Hawaii Revised Statutes and Hawaii reports that may be disposed of by sale, exchange, or presentation to public officers for official use, copies of each volume may be presented to libraries of educational, historical, or scientific institutions or other libraries of a public or quasi-public nature in the State and elsewhere. [L 1907, c 16, §1; am L 1919, c 29, §1; RL 1925, §27; RL 1935, §28; RL 1945, §28; RL 1955, §13-2; HRS §93-11; am L 2012, c 63, §5] Cross References  Statutes distributed by lieutenant governor, see §23G-18.
HI Rev Stat § 93-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|93. Government Publications|93-12 Annual reports.

 §93-12 Annual reports. All annual reports that are or shall be required to be submitted by a state agency to the governor or another state agency, shall be submitted on a fiscal year basis; provided that the governor may prescribe other due dates for annual reports when the fiscal year basis would not be feasible. Further, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, in order to make optimal use of available state government resources, the governor may waive annual report requirements if information included in such reports is available in other reports and is acceptable for the purpose required or is deemed to be no longer pertinent for program reporting purposes. If there is duplication of information in annual reports within an agency, these annual reports shall be consolidated. In lieu of the submittal of individual annual reports by state departments, agencies, boards, or commissions, the governor may submit a consolidated annual report for the executive branch or direct the consolidation of one or more reports. These provisions shall not preclude the legislature from requesting specific reports through concurrent resolution. [L 1961, c 42, §1; Supp, §7-46; HRS §93-12; am L 1985, c 71, §2] Cross References  Publication of reports by department of taxation, see §231-3.4.
HI Rev Stat § 93-15 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|93. Government Publications|93-15 Legislative journals; sale and distribution.

  §93-15 Legislative journals; sale and distribution. Each house of the legislature shall be responsible for the publication, sale, and distribution of their respective legislative journals. The speaker of the house of representatives and the senate president shall:  (1) Fix the price of their respective legislative journals; and  (2) Determine who shall receive their respective legislative journals free of charge. The money received from the sale of the legislative journals may be used by the respective houses of the legislature to defray any and all expenses of the respective houses. [L 1984, c 133, §1; am L 2003, c 28, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 93-16 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|93. Government Publications|93-16 Publication and distribution of reports.

 §93-16 Publication and distribution of reports. (a) Notwithstanding any other statute, law, charter provision, ordinance, or rule to the contrary, whenever a government agency is required to submit a report to the legislature, the report shall be:  (1) Available in printed form;  (2) Submitted in printed form to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the legislative reference bureau library; and  (3) Posted on the designated central State of Hawaii website; or  (4) Posted on the Internet in an easily-located manner.  (b) If a government agency submits a report to the legislature that is a consolidation of reports mandated by law of that agency or other agencies that are administratively attached to the government agency submitting the consolidated report, then the agency submitting the consolidated report shall include:  (1) A listing of each mandated report that is being included in the consolidated report; and  (2) The specific time period covered by the particular government agency's report if different from the time period covered by the consolidated report.  (c) For purposes of this section, "government agency" means the judiciary and each department, board, commission, or officer of the State or any of its political subdivisions. [L 2001, c 231, §2] Revision Note  Section was enacted as an addition to chapter 1 but is renumbered to this chapter pursuant to §23G-15.
HI Rev Stat § 94-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|94. Public Archives; Disposal of Records|94-1 Duties of department.

 §94-1 Duties of department. The department of accounting and general services shall collect all public archives; preserve, arrange, describe, and inventory the same; provide for their safekeeping; and compile and furnish information concerning them. The department may adopt and use a seal and may adopt, amend, or revise from time to time such rules and regulations as it may consider expedient for the conduct of its business. [L 1905, c 24, §2; RL 1945, §31; am L 1945, c 238, §1; RL 1955, §13-5; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §12; HRS §94-1; am L 2013, c 88, §2] Cross References  General authority of department, see §26-6. Case Notes  Cited: 35 H. 608, 619.
HI Rev Stat § 94-1.1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|94. Public Archives; Disposal of Records|94-1.1 Definitions.

  §94-1.1 Definitions.  For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Disposition" means actions resulting in the transfer to the state archives or destruction of records as documented in the records retention and disposition schedule or other authority.  "Enduring value" means the continued significance of records determined by their legal, fiscal, administrative, or historical value that warrants their preservation by the state archives.  "Preservation" means a series of managed activities necessary to protect machine readable records from loss, alteration, deterioration, and technological obsolescence to ensure an accurate rendering of those records in perpetuity in an environment independent from that which produced them.  "Records" means information with fixed form and content, regardless of physical form or characteristics, created or received in the course of government activity and set aside as evidence of that activity. In databases, "records" mean a collection of related data fields.  "Records retention and disposition schedule" means a records disposition authorization (form SA-1) or general records schedule issued by the state comptroller, pursuant to section 94-3. [L 2013, c 88, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 94-1.2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|94. Public Archives; Disposal of Records|94-1.2 The state archivist. The department of accounting and general services shall fulfill its responsibilities for the public archives through the state archivist. The state archivist shall: (1) Administer the state archives, records management, and digital archives programs and facilities; (2) Advise and assist state agencies in the preparation of retention and disposition schedules for government records; and provide records management training and technical assistance services to agencies; (3) Issue guidelines and standards, including those applicable to computer hardware and software, for the preservation of government records maintained by state recordkeeping systems, including digital imaging processes for scanning of records and technology for creating and storing electronic records; (4) Adopt rules as may be necessary to effectuate the responsibilities established under paragraph (1), and for the acquisition, maintenance, access, and preservation of government records, as well as the use of records or other materials, in the custody of the state archives; and (5) Request and obtain an electronic copy of any government record of enduring value currently in digital format for the digital archives to ensure the long-term preservation of the record. [L 2013, c 88, pt of §1]

  §94-1.2 The state archivist. The department of accounting and general services shall fulfill its responsibilities for the public archives through the state archivist. The state archivist shall:  (1) Administer the state archives, records management, and digital archives programs and facilities;  (2) Advise and assist state agencies in the preparation of retention and disposition schedules for government records; and provide records management training and technical assistance services to agencies;  (3) Issue guidelines and standards, including those applicable to computer hardware and software, for the preservation of government records maintained by state recordkeeping systems, including digital imaging processes for scanning of records and technology for creating and storing electronic records;  (4) Adopt rules as may be necessary to effectuate the responsibilities established under paragraph (1), and for the acquisition, maintenance, access, and preservation of government records, as well as the use of records or other materials, in the custody of the state archives; and  (5) Request and obtain an electronic copy of any government record of enduring value currently in digital format for the digital archives to ensure the long-term preservation of the record. [L 2013, c 88, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 94-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|94. Public Archives; Disposal of Records|94-2 REPEALED.

 §94-2 REPEALED. L 2013, c 88, §5.
HI Rev Stat § 94-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|94. Public Archives; Disposal of Records|94-3 Disposal of government records generally.

 §94-3 Disposal of government records generally. (a) Each public officer, except public officers of the judiciary and the legislative branch of government, having the care and custody of any government records shall submit to the state comptroller a list of records for disposition authorization, which shall include the name of the office, department, or bureau, the description of the records for disposal, the inclusive dates of the records, and the retention period. The comptroller shall determine the disposition of the records; stating whether the records should be retained by the office, department, or bureau; be transferred to the state archives, or other agency; or be destroyed. The comptroller shall have full power of disposal of all records submitted for this purpose. The disposition authorization of all records, including lists submitted by the public officers, and the action taken by the comptroller, shall be kept on proper forms, specified by the comptroller, one copy of which shall be filed in the office, department, or bureau where the records originated, one copy shall be filed in the office of the attorney general, and the original shall be filed in the state archives.  (b) If requested, the comptroller shall provide assistance to the legislative branch of government or any agency or entity therein in establishing policies relating to the disposal of government records. [L 1949, c 65, §1; RL 1955, §7-8; am L 1957, c 46, § §1, 2 and c 152, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §12; HRS §94-3; am L 1984, c 258, §2; am L 2005, c 177, §6; am L 2013, c 88, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 94-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|94. Public Archives; Disposal of Records|94-4 Certificate to same.

 §94-4 Certificate to same. The comptroller of the State and the state archivist or other officer performing the duties of state archivist or custodian of the state archives are severally authorized and empowered to certify, as true and correct, copies or reproductions of any of the documents, papers, writings, or other government records, or excerpts therefrom in their custody. Fees for copying, certification, and other services shall be prescribed by the comptroller in direct relation to the cost of the services.  The above fees shall not be charged where the work involved is required by any department or branch of the federal, state, or county governments. [L 1909, c 8, §2; RL 1925, §2603; am L 1932 2d, c 21, §1; RL 1935, §3842; RL 1945, §9890; am L 1945, c 109, §1; am L 1953, c 159, §1; RL 1955, §224-11; am L 1957, c 83, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §12; HRS §94-4; am L 2013, c 88, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 94-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|94. Public Archives; Disposal of Records|94-5 Disposal of examination records.

 §94-5 Disposal of examination records. All statutory boards or commissions authorized or empowered to hold examinations for candidates or applicants shall preserve all records of each examination, including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, applications, questions, answers, and grades, until after the end of the legislative session following the examination. [L 1941, c 198, §1; RL 1945, §461; RL 1955, §7-9; HRS §94-5]
HI Rev Stat § 94-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|94. Public Archives; Disposal of Records|94-6 REPEALED.

 §94-6 REPEALED. L 2013, c 88, §6.
HI Rev Stat § 94-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|94. Public Archives; Disposal of Records|94-7 Access to restricted records in the state archives.

 §94-7 Access to restricted records in the state archives. Historical records which are transferred to the state archives shall be retained for posterity and title shall vest in the state archives. All restrictions on access to government records which have been deposited in the state archives, whether confidential, classified, or private, shall be lifted and removed eighty years after the creation of the record. [L 1989, c 79, §1; am L 1991, c 145, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 94-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|94. Public Archives; Disposal of Records|94-8 State archives preservation and long-term access special fund; state archives preservation fee

 §94-8 State archives preservation and long-term access special fund; state archives preservation fee. (a) There shall be established in the state treasury the state archives preservation and long-term access special fund for the preservation of and long-term access to government records.  (b) All revenues collected from fees for services provided by the state archives shall be deposited in the state archives preservation and long-term access special fund and be expended by the comptroller to carry out the purposes of this section, including funding for staff positions and for administrative and operational costs of the program. All interest earned or accrued on moneys deposited in the fund shall become part of the fund.  (c) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, a state archives preservation fee of $1 shall be assessed for each document that is filed or registered by members of the public with a governmental entity and listed on an authorized records retention and disposition schedule as permanent. The preservation fee shall be collected and deposited in the state archives preservation and long-term access special fund and used to preserve and keep accessible electronic records of such documents in a usable state for the good of the public. [L 2013, c 88, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 96-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 8. Public Proceedings and Records|96. The Ombudsman|96-1 Definitions.

 §96-1 Definitions. (a) "Agency" includes any permanent governmental entity, department, organization, or institution, and any officer, employee, or member thereof acting or purporting to act in the exercise of the officer's, employee's, or member's official duties, except:  (1) The judiciary and its staff;  (2) The legislature, its committees, and its staff;  (3) An entity of the federal government;  (4) A multistate governmental entity;  (5) The governor and the governor's personal staff;  (6) The lieutenant governor and the lieutenant governor's personal staff;  (7) The mayors of the various counties; and  (8) The councils of the various counties.  (b) "Administrative act" includes any action, omission, decision, recommendation, practice, or procedure, but does not include the preparation or presentation of legislation. [L 1967, c 306, §2; HRS §96-1; am L 1974, c 46, §1; gen ch 1985]