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House committee urges audit and Sunshine Law compliance for Ahamoku advisory panel
Summary
Members pressed the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Ahamoku Advisory Committee over absent public meetings, budget approvals and salary authorizations. The committee recommended adding language requesting a financial and performance audit and directed DLNR to assist AMAC to comply with Sunshine Law.
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs examined HCR179/HR169 on April 7, a resolution urging the Ahamoku Advisory Committee (AMAC) to obey the Sunshine Law, conduct a performance review of its executive director, and establish stronger administrative policies.
Acting DLNR leadership (introduced in the hearing as Kanakoli) told members the department had not been aware of public meetings for AMAC unless an agendized notice was filed, and that the department views its administrative attachment role as primarily supportive.…
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