STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2315

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 3140
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred S.B. No. 3140 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION
     SYSTEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow state agency heads to
purchase computer and communication systems with proceeds from
the sale of general obligation bonds.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Governor's Special Advisor on Technology Development, Department
of Accounting and General Services, and High Technology
Development Corporation.  Testimony in opposition to the measure
was received from the Department of Budget and Finance.

     Your Committee finds that given current technology,
government can be made more efficient and customer-oriented by
providing additional resources to invest in information
technology for public services.

     Your Committee agrees that heads of state agencies who are
primarily responsible for a functional area should be able to
purchase computer and communication systems for public safety
technology, electronic government, and education technology.

     Your Committee amended the measure to allow for the maturity
of the general obligation bonds up to twenty-five years.

 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education and Technology that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 3140, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3140,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education and
                                   Technology,



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                                   DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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