STAND. COM. REP. NO. 140________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1168
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
1168 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LIBRARY ENHANCED SERVICES
     PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend Act 327, Session Laws
of Hawaii 1993, which authorizes the library system charge fees
for enhanced services.

     The Department of Education testified in favor of the bill.
Information Services testified in support of the intent of the
measure.

     While recognizing the importance of providing basic library
services without charge to the public, your Committee finds that
in certain cases the library system can be more responsive to the
public and provide greater public access to enhanced services by
charging fees to generate revenue.

     Your Committee has made technical, nonsubstantive amendments
to the bill for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1168, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1168, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education,



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair