STAND. COM. REP. NO. 878-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 1044
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1044 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to increase public access to executive branch government records by:
(1) Providing notice of every executive order, gubernatorial proclamation, and executive message to the Legislature, by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the state, or in another manner reaching the general public, within five days of issuance; and
(2) Making these records available in hard copy and on the Internet within the same time period.
A concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The League of Women Voters of Hawaii testified in support of the intent of this measure.
Your Committee believes that ready public access to executive orders, gubernatorial proclamations, and executive messages to the Legislature will enhance public understanding of and confidence in the workings of government.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Specifying that the notice to be published statewide shall contain, at a minimum, the title of the document and a brief summary of its contents;
(2) Requiring that statewide notice be given under section 1-28.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes:
(A) In a daily or weekly publication of statewide circulation; or
(B) By publication in separate daily or weekly publications with combined statewide circulation;
and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity and style.
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. 1044, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1044, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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