Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 676 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow public meetings by video teleconferencing continue even if the video connectivity cannot be maintained, upon meeting certain criteria.

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation testified in support of this bill. The Office of Information Practices provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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 H.B. No. 676, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 676, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.