Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2445, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow board meetings to be conducted by teleconferencing.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Education, Board of Education, Office of Information Practices, a Maui County Council member, High Technology Development Corp., Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority, and a private citizen.

This measure recognizes that board meetings are often more conveniently held by teleconferencing than videoconferencing, because of the general unavailability of specialized video equipment.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2445, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.