Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 697 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to repeal chapter 206P, Hawaii Revised Statutes, (HRS), titled as the Hawaii Telecommunications and Information Act.

Chapter 206P established the Hawaii Information Network Corporation, (Hawaii Inc.), to encourage the development of the information industry. Your Committee finds that since July of 1995, Hawaii Inc. was officially closed because of lack of funding, and that there are no plans to resurrect or fund Hawaii Inc. The administrative rules relating to chapter 206P were eliminated by Act 283, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000.

This bill repeals Chapter 697P. It should be noted that this bill is consistent with the administration's objective to Slice Waste and Tape Project, (SWAT), since it will remove an outdated law from HRS.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 697 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.