Haw. Rev. Stat. § NEW-1

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section NEW-1 - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered Definitions

For purposes of this chapter:

"Covered public servant" means:

(1) The governor;
(2) The lieutenant governor;
(3) The administrative director appointed pursuant to section 26-3;
(4) Any head of a department established under section 26-4;
(5) Any member of the legislature;
(6) Any active, formerly active, or retired:
(A) Justice of the Hawaii supreme court;
(B) Judge of the Hawaii intermediate appellate court;
(C) Judge of a Hawaii circuit court or circuit family court;
(D) Judge of a Hawaii district court or district family court; or
(E) Per diem judge of a Hawaii district court or district family court;
(7) Any active, formerly active, or retired:
(A) Justice of the United States Supreme Court;
(B) Judge of the United States Court of Appeals;
(C) Judge or magistrate judge of the United States District Court; or
(D) Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court, who resides in the State, formerly resided in the State while serving as a federal judge, or owns real property in the State;
(8) The administrative director of the courts;
(9) The deputy administrative director of the courts;
(10) Any employee or volunteer of the office of elections; or
(11) Any person designated for good cause by the governor, president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, chief justice, chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, or chairperson of the office of Hawaiian affairs in the designator's respective body.

"Family" means spouses or reciprocal beneficiaries, former spouses or former reciprocal beneficiaries, persons who have a child in common, parents, children, persons related by consanguinity, and persons jointly residing or formerly residing in the same dwelling unit.

"Government agency" means any:

(1) Unit of government in the State, any county, or any combination of counties;
(2) Department;
(3) Institution;
(4) Board;
(5) Commission;
(6) District;
(7) Council;
(8) Bureau;
(9) Office;
(10) Governing authority;
(11) Instrumentality of state or county government; or
(12) Corporation or other establishment,

owned, operated, or managed by or on behalf of the State or any county, but does not include the nonadministrative functions of the courts of the State.

"Home" means a permanent residence and any secondary residences affirmatively identified by the covered public servant but does not include a work address or investment property.

"Organization" means an association or entity including a charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization; for-profit organization; or business entity, formed for a specific purpose.

"Protected personal information" includes:

(1) A home address, directions to a home, photograph of a home that legibly displays the address or otherwise identifies the location, and any property ownership information;
(2) Contact information, including but not limited to a home telephone number, cellular phone number, direct work telephone number, and personal electronic mail address;
(3) A photograph of a vehicle that legibly displays the vehicle license plate number;
(4) The names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of the covered public servant;
(5) The identity of children of the covered public servant that are under the age of eighteen;
(6) Voter registration information;
(7) The contents of any application for absentee voter ballots;
(8) The covered public servant's name and residential address contained in property tax records; and
(9) The name and address of the employer of a covered public servant's family member.

HRS § NEW-1

Added by L 2024, c 187,§ 2, eff. 10/1/2024.