STAND. COM. REP. NO. 88-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2193
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2193 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to expand services provided by
the Legislative Reference Bureau's Public Access Room (PAR) by
making an appropriation to convert a part-time staff position to
a full-time staff position.

     Information Services, Common Cause Hawaii, the League of
Women Voters of  Hawaii, the Hawaii Chapter of the National
Rainbow Coalition, and four concerned individuals submitted
testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that the PAR has provided valuable
services to thousands of members of the public.  Adequate
staffing of the PAR is essential to make information on Hawaii's
legislative decision making process freely available to the
public.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2193 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.


 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Legislative
                                   Management,



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                                   EZRA KANOHO, Chair