STAND. COM. REP. NO.1386
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 678
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 678, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Appropriate funds for the New Economy Transition Program (NET);
(2) Require legislative documents to be transmitted electronically;
(3) Authorize general obligation bonds for the Community-based Economic Development Loan and Grant Program; and
(4) Bring together industry, government, and educational leaders to develop goals and an implementation plan to further develop the high technology industry in Hawaii.
The Hawaii Bankers Association supported the measure. The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Kauai Chamber of Commerce, and Vietnamese-American Chamber of Commerce supported Part I of the measure. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) Special Advisor to the Governor for Technology Development supported the intent of this measure.
The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure. The Department of Accounting and General Services, the House Clerk, and High Technology Development Corporation submitted comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Removing the requirement that all legislative documents be electronically transmitted;
(2) Replacing the authorization of general obligation bonds with an appropriation from the general fund to be expended by DBEDT;
(3) Increasing the number of members on the boards of certain agencies attached to DBEDT to include the special advisor for technology development;
(4) Establishing a Chief Information Officer position within the Office of the Governor; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 678, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 678, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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