STAND. COM. REP. NO.482
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 857
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 857 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is to require the Governor to:
(1) Establish a new department called the Department of Technology;
(2) Prepare an organizational and functional plan (plan) for the Department of Technology; and
(3) Submit the plan to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2002.
The Department of Accounting and General Services testified in support of the measure. The High Technology Development Corporation and the Executive Assistant to the Governor testified in support of the intent of the measure.
Upon consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by deleting the substance and inserting the contents of H.B. No. 616, the purpose of which is to establish a Chief Information Officer position within the Office of the Governor on a special and temporary basis.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 857, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 857, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns,
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____________________________ LEI AHU ISA, Chair |
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