STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2095

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2768
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred S.B. No. 2768 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
     SYSTEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a funding mechanism
for the operation and maintenance of the statewide planning and
geographic information system (GIS).

     Specifically, the measure enables the Office of Planning to
charge fees for spatial analysis services and establishes a
special fund in which to deposit the proceeds derived from these
services for the Office of Planning's use in this area.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Office of Planning and the Department of Agriculture.

     Your Committee finds that the Office of Planning's GIS
operation is considered to be one of the finest in the nation.
Unfortunately, even with this degree of excellence, the GIS
program, like so many other fine governmental programs, is
constrained by constant pressure to cutback its budget due to
dwindling public resources.

     Your Committee believes that enabling the Office of Planning
to generate and keep revenues that it receives for its services

 
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would provide a more stable funding source to ensure the GIS
program's long term success.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by making numerous
technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and
style, and to conform the bill to recommended drafting
procedures.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2768, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B.
No. 2768, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water, Land, and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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