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HI SB245

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/7/2017

Primary Sponsor

Gil Keith-agaran

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates statutory requirement that all units of government and political subdivisions exercise reasonable care in maintaining government records that must be available for public inspection under Chapter 92F.

  • Requires government agencies to issue instructions and guidelines to implement this requirement and ensure employees and officers responsible for records are informed of the duty.

  • Establishes rebuttable presumption that government agencies exercised reasonable care if they adhered to a duly adopted records retention and destruction policy, which can be used as a defense in legal proceedings.

  • Effective date is July 1, 2050.

Legislative Description

Relating To Government Records.

Government Records

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6).

3/24/2017

Committee Referrals

Finance3/24/2017
Judiciary3/9/2017
Ways and Means2/13/2017
Judiciary and Labor1/23/2017

Full Bill Text

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