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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.              
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  RESOLUTION

COMMEMORATING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS ROOM AND
   ELECTRA ANDERSON, ITS FIRST DIRECTOR.



 1       WHEREAS, in  1989  the  Joint  Legislative Access Committee
 2   recommended establishing a  Public  Service  Room  in the State
 3   Capitol to enable  the  public  to  have  direct input into the
 4   legislative process; and
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 6       WHEREAS, the room, known as  the Public Access Room, opened
 7   in time  for  the  1990  Regular  Session  of  the Legislature,
 8   operating out of a small  room  in  the basement of the Capitol
 9   and staffed by citizen volunteers; and
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11       WHEREAS, the Public Access Room was the first in the nation
12   to be placed in a  state  capitol  and led to increased citizen
13   use and participation; and
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15       WHEREAS, Electra Anderson  became  the Public Access Room's
16   first paid session employee for  the 1993 session, serving with
17   distinction for two sessions; and
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19       WHEREAS, in  1994,  the  Public  Access  Room  was formally
20   established by the Legislature  and  in  1996 placed within the
21   Legislative Reference Bureau; and
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23       WHEREAS, the Public  Access  Room  has  since increased its
24   services and the number  of  people  served every year, and has
25   been  a   means   of   increasing   citizen  understanding  and
26   participation in the legislative process; now, therefore, 
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28       BE IT  RESOLVED  by  the  House  of  Representatives of the
29   Twentieth Legislature of the  State  of Hawaii, Regular Session
30   of 2000, that  this  body  hereby  recognizes  and commends the
31   Public Access Room  and  Electra  Anderson, its first director,
32   for their service to the  Legislature and the people of Hawaii,
33   and extends its warmest aloha and best wishes.
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