STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2973

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2459
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Technology and Economic
Development, to which was referred H.B. No. 2459 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII TELECOMMUNICATIONS
     AND INFORMATION ACT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of the measure is to repeal the Hawaii
Telecommunications and Information Industries Act.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Department of Budget and Finance.

     Your Committees find that the Hawaii Telecommunications and
Information Industries Act established the Hawaii information
network corporation, also known as HAWAII, INC., to encourage the
development and growth of the information industry in Hawaii in
accordance with sound principles and practices.  Your Committees
further find that effective July 1, 1995, the organization was
not funded, and has since ceased operations.  There are no plans
to resurrect or fund the HAWAII INC. at this time, and therefore
the Act should be repealed.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Education and Technology and Economic Development
that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord
with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2459 and recommend that
it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.

 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Education and
                                   Technology and Economic
                                   Development,



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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair          DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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