In implementing this chapter, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider:

(1) Standards and practices of other jurisdictions;

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 98-9

  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 98-2
  • Legal material: means , whether or not in effect:

    (1) The Constitution of the State of Hawaii;

    (2) The Session Laws of Hawaii;

    (3) The Hawaii Revised Statutes;

    (4) A state agency rule that has or had the effect of law;

    (5) Reported decisions of the following state courts: the supreme court of the State of Hawaii and the intermediate appellate court of the State of Hawaii; or

    (6) State court rules. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 98-2

  • Official publisher: means :

    (1) For the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, the revisor of statutes;

    (2) For the Session Laws of Hawaii, the revisor of statutes;

    (3) For the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the revisor of statutes;

    (4) For any administrative agency rules, the office of the governor;

    (5) For a state court decision included under paragraph (5) of the definition of "legal material" the supreme court; or

    (6) For state court rules, the supreme court. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 98-2

  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 98-2
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 98-2
(2) The most recent standards regarding authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to, legal material in an electronic record and other electronic records, as promulgated by national standard-setting bodies;
(3) The needs of users of legal material in an electronic record;
(4) The views of governmental officials and entities and other interested persons; and
(5) To the extent practicable, methods and technologies for the authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to, legal material that are compatible with the methods and technologies used by other official publishers in this State and in other states that have adopted a law substantially similar to this chapter.

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