Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2561 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Office of Information Practices for the 2006-2007 fiscal year.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Office of Information Practices, Life of the Land, the League of Women Voters, and an individual.

Your Committee finds that the Office of Information Practices requires an appropriation of $95,000 to allow the office to hire an additional staff attorney, an additional secretary/staff person, and to provide further educational services.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2561 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.