Board counsel warns OHA Appendix 7 conflicts with Hawaiʻi Sunshine Law
Board legal counsel advised trustees that Appendix 7's in-camera requirement for trustee complaints likely conflicts with the state's Sunshine Law, recommending that the board treat any public reading as not itself a code-of-conduct violation and handle initial steps in open session.
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Board legal counsel told trustees that the board's Executive Policy Manual provision requiring an in‑camera adjudication for trustee complaints conflicts with Hawaiʻi's Sunshine Law and Office of Information Practices guidance, and therefore advised that the complaint be handled in public.
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