Haw. Rev. Stat. § NEW-3

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section NEW-3 - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered Written requests

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a written request pursuant to this chapter shall be valid if the covered public servant or representative of the covered public servant's employer submits a request in writing directly to a person or organization; provided that the covered public servant has given written consent to the representative.

(b) A written request to a government agency shall only be valid if the request:

(1) Is made by the executive or administrative head of the department where the covered public servant is or was employed; provided that in the case of the judiciary, the written request under this section shall be made by the administrative director of the courts, and in the case of federal courts, the written request under this section shall be made by the clerk of court for the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii;

(2) Expressly identifies the specific government record with the protected personal information that is publicly available on the Internet and includes, where applicable, the government agency's indexed document number;

(3) Requests the government agency to remove the record with the protected personal information from being publicly available on the Internet; and

(4) For any new or previously identified government record subject to this chapter, is made no more than once a month, and includes all the covered public servants of the subject department in a single request; provided that a written request may be submitted at any time under exigent circumstances based on a threat to the covered public servant or the covered public servant's family as determined by the subject department executive or administrative head submitting the request.

(c) A written request shall be valid until:

(1) The covered public servant provides the government agency, person, or organization with written permission to release the protected personal information; or

(2) The covered public servant's death.

HRS § NEW-3

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