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Opinion Letter No. 94-10
June 8, 1994
Liquor License Petition Must Be Made Public
A petition protesting the issuance of a liquor license,
submitted to the Honolulu Liquor Commission
(Commission), must be made available for public inspection and copying
under the UIPA. The OIP
found that the petition involved in the facts presented was not
specifically made public under section
281-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, because the Commission had not
yet issued, suspended, or
revoked a license. Nevertheless, the OIP found that the public interest
in disclosure outweighs the
privacy interests of those signing the petition. Therefore, the
OIP concluded that the petition was not
protected from disclosure under the UIPA’s personal privacy
exception.
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