STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1950

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 223
                                     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 Economic Development and Business
Concerns, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 223 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE TEAMSTERS LOCAL
     399, STUDIO TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,
     TO ASSIST THE STATE IN MOVING THE TELEVISION SERIES
     "BAYWATCH" TO HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution, as received by
your Committee, is to encourage the Los Angeles Teamsters Union
to assist the State in moving the television show "Baywatch" to
Hawaii. 

     For purposes of public hearing, your Committee circulated a
proposed H.D. 1 version that changed the title and substituted
the substance of the concurrent resolution with language that
would:

     (1)  Request the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to
          investigate, report, and take action on various
          telecommunications issues, including, but not limited
          to:

          (a)  Reporting on the implication of the circuit
               court's April 1, 1999 order regarding the
               authority and powers of the PUC;


 
 
 
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          (b)  Providing information on consumer complaints made
               to each telecommunications carrier or to the PUC
               regarding telecommunications service; and

          (c)  Reporting on the status of the proposed GTE/Bell
               Atlantic merger, which is currently before the
               PUC; and

     (2)  Request the PUC to report its findings and
          recommendations to the Legislature prior to the 2000
          Regular Session.

     No testimony was submitted on the original resolution.

     Testimony in support of the proposed draft was submitted by
TelHawaii, GST Telecom, Oceanic Communications, AT&T, and the
member of the State House of Representatives from the Fourth
District.  Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was
submitted by the Department of Business, Economic Development,
and Tourism.  The PUC and GTE Hawaiian Tel testified in
opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee has amended the proposed draft by:

     (1)  Deleting language requesting the PUC to appeal the
          circuit court order of April 1, 1999; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes
          of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of H.C.R. No. 223, as amended herein, and recommends
its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 223, H.D.
1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development and Business
                                   Concerns,



                                   ______________________________
                                   ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair