Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism › Chapter 106 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15-106-4 - Meetings

Current through June, 2024
(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.