§92-2  Definitions.  As used in thispart:

(1)  "Board" means any agency, board,commission, authority, or committee of the State or its political subdivisionswhich is created by constitution, statute, rule, or executive order, to havesupervision, control, jurisdiction or advisory power over specific matters andwhich is required to conduct meetings and to take official actions.

(2)  "Chance meeting" means a social orinformal assemblage of two or more members at which matters relating toofficial business are not discussed.

(3)  "Meeting" means the convening of aboard for which a quorum is required in order to make a decision or todeliberate toward a decision upon a matter over which the board hassupervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power. [L 1975, c 166, pt of§1; am L 1976, c 212, §1]

 

Attorney General Opinions

 

  Trustees of travel agency recovery fund comprise boardsubject to sunshine law.  Att. Gen. Op. 85-14.

  Associated Students of University of Hawaii not a"board" subject to sunshine law.  Att. Gen. Op. 85-18.

  "Board" includes committees or subgroups of theboard.  Att. Gen. Op. 85-27.

  County council is a "board".  Att. Gen. Op. 86-5.

  Agency's retreat would be a "meeting" subject tosunshine law.  Att. Gen. Op. 86-19.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  Hawai`i's Sunshine Law Compliance Criteria.  26 UH L. Rev.21.