Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 2142, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect from public disclosure business trade secrets and other confidential proprietary information contained within records pertaining to tenants and prospective tenants of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Office of Information Practices, and Natural Energy Laboratory submitted testimony in support of this bill.

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. 2142, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.