Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 92-81

(a) Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, the provisions of this part shall apply to neighborhood boards and community outreach boards overseen by a neighborhood commission of the city and county of Honolulu, and other neighborhood boards and community outreach boards as may be created in other counties and overseen by a county-based commission or county-based department.

(b) The agenda required to be included in written public notice of a board meeting may include an opportunity for the board to receive public input and third-party reports from any government official on issues not specifically noticed for consideration at the forthcoming meeting.

(c) Any matter raised as part of the public input agenda or third-party reports from any government official allowed under subsection (b) may be discussed and information on the matter may be received by the board at the meeting;  provided that the board shall not make a decision relating to any of those matters.  The board may make decisions on matters originally raised as part of a public input agenda item or raised by a third-party report from any government official only at a later meeting, where the agenda for the meeting shall give notice of decision-making on the matter.

(d) A quorum for a meeting of a neighborhood board or community outreach board shall be required for:

A neighborhood board or community outreach board may receive information or testimony on a matter of official board business without a quorum;  provided that the board shall not make a decision on the issue.  The board members, at the next meeting of the board, shall report the matters presented as information or testimony.