Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2390 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect trade secrets and other confidential proprietary information in the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority's (NELHA) records of its tenants and prospective tenants from public disclosure or inspection.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism testified in support of this measure. NELHA testified in support of this bill with amendments. The Office of Information Practices commented.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

Upon further consideration, your Committee finds that the title of this measure may be too narrow and restrictive for its subject matter. Thus, another vehicle for this bill might be considered to ensure that there are no constitutional problems.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2390, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2390, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns.