Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 41, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve public access to government documents by requiring the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) to provide disclosure of contracts and subcontracts that are funded with public funds, pursuant to the requirements of the Uniform Information Practices Act, chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes. In addition, this bill exempts certain records from the disclosure requirements to protect the competitive process or proprietary information.

HTA and the Building Industry Association of Hawaii supported this bill. The Office of Information Practices offered comments.

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. 41, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.