Report Title:

House, Proceedings, Cable Cost

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

140

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

  

STATE OF HAWAII

  
   

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

ESTABLISHING POLICIES FOR CAPITOL TELEVISION CABLECASTS OF HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.

 

 

WHEREAS, Capitol Television began cablecasting House proceedings on a pilot basis in 1994, and has been renewed every session since then; and

WHEREAS, Capitol Television produces live and tape-delayed video broadcasts of selected legislative proceedings for cablecasting on public access channels; and

WHEREAS, Capitol Television is intended to increase public access to and participation in the legislative process; and

WHEREAS, 'Olelo Community Television continues to provide the Legislature with invaluable technical and engineering support, programming time for cablecasts, broadcast production television equipment and preventive maintenance, repair, and replacement as needed; and

WHEREAS, a private broadcast production company is currently contracted by the Legislature to produce broadcasts of legislative proceedings; and

WHEREAS, the Legislature through the passage of Act 373, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, established in statute, Chapter 21G, the Legislative Broadcast Project; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of this Resolution is to establish policies governing House participation in Capitol Television; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2001, that the following policies shall govern the activities of Capitol Television as it pertains to the House of Representatives:

(1) Project Responsibility: The content, selection, and editorial policies shall be administered by the Vice-Speaker of the House. 'Olelo Community Television shall provide technical engineering support, programming time for cablecasts, broadcast production television equipment, and preventive maintenance, repair, and replacement as needed;

(2) Distribution: Cablecast programming coverage shall be provided by 'Olelo Community Television on O'ahu; and, via the Hawai'i Interactive Television System or other means, by Akaku: Maui Community Television on Maui, Moloka'i, and Lana'i; by Ho'ike: Kaua'i Community Television Inc., on Kaua'i; and by Na Leo 'O Hawai'i on Hawaii. All bonafide news organizations and educational institutions shall be authorized to utilize the programming material and shall bear costs associated with such programming. Political or commercial uses of the material are prohibited;

(3) Programming Content: Programming shall include cablecasts on O'ahu and tape-delayed cablecasts statewide. All public committee hearings, legislative sessions, and other legislative proceedings shall be authorized for programming and selected by the Vice-Speaker based upon the criteria of public interest and newsworthiness. The Vice-Speaker of the House may authorize special programming. Programming material shall not be used for political or commercial purposes;

(4) Editing: Cablecasts of legislative proceedings be covered gavel-to-gavel, and shall include coverage of the Speaker recognized by the chair or presiding officer. Occasional shots of the entire committee assembled body shall be allowed; however, close-up "reaction" shots shall not be permitted; and

(5) Ownership and Use of Programming: Tapes and cablecasts shall be considered property of the Legislature. Tapes and cablecasts shall not be considered an official record of the meeting, and there shall be no liability for inadvertent erasure or omission. Tapes of proceedings shall be retained only for a period of time necessary to ensure rebroadcasts on neighbor island cable systems, and for use in program evaluation and staff training;

and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to 'Olelo Community Television, Akaku: Maui Community Television, Ho'ike: Kaua'i Community Television Inc., Na Leo 'O Hawai'i: Hawai'i Community Television, the University of Hawai'i's Hawai'i Interactive Television System (HITS), Sun Cablevision, Hawaiian Cablevision, Oceanic Cablevision, Garden Isle Telecommunications, and Kaua'i Cablevision.

 

 
 

OFFERED BY:

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