STAND. COM. REP. NO. 262-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2194
                                     H.D. 1




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. 2194 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to further enhance public access
to the Legislature by:

     (1)  Appropriating funds for a legislative media streaming
          pilot project to allow public access via the Internet;

     (2)  Appropriating funds to convert an existing part-time
          position in the Public Access Room (PAR) to a full-time
          staff position;

     (3)  Appropriating funds to establish a pilot program to
          provide childcare so that the parents of young children
          can participate in the legislative process; and

     (4)  Transferring responsibility for the sale and
          distribution of statutory revision material from the
          Lieutenant Governor to the Legislature.

     Akaku: Maui Community Television, Common Cause Hawaii, the
League of Women Voters of Hawaii, the Hawaii State Chapter of the
National Rainbow Coalition, and several concerned individuals
submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Legislative
Reference Bureau (LRB) limited its comments to the transfer of
sales and distribution functions of statutory-related materials
to the Legislature and LRB.

 
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     LRB stated that it would be unable to comply with this bill
as written because of inadequate funding, resources, and storage
space at the State Capitol.  LRB estimated that the annual
operating cost of the sale and distribution functions would be
between $70,000 to $100,000.  In addition, LRB would require a
minimum storage space of at least 2,500 square feet to store the
publications.

     Your Committee believes that the effective date of July 1,
2001, for part III of this bill, transferring the responsibility
from the Lieutenant Governor's Office to the LRB for the sale of
HRS volumes and supplements would allow for the resolution of
serious concerns regarding additional staffing, storage space,
and specialized equipment, such as forklifts.  These resources
are available in the Lieutenant Governor/Elections Office, but
apparently none can be transferred.  Your Committee supports a
"one-stop shop" arrangement for all legislative material but
cannot commit to a July 1, 2000, date unless the cost factors are
satisfactorily resolved.

     Upon careful consideration, your Committee has amended this
bill by:

     (1)  Removing the provision converting the part-time
          position in the PAR to a full-time position since your
          Committee passed another bill, H.B. No. 2193, this
          session that converts the part-time position in the PAR
          to a full-time position;

     (2)  Changing the effective date so that the portion
          affecting the transfer of responsibility for the sale
          and distribution of statutory revision material from
          the Lieutenant Governor to the Legislature will take
          effect on July 1, 2001; and

     (3)  Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of style and clarity.

     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. 2194, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2194,
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 Legislative
                                   Management,



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                                   EZRA KANOHO, Chair