STAND. COM. REP. NO.  104

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1432

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 1432 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATEWIDE WIRELESS ACCESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to take the first steps toward providing everyone in Hawaii affordable access to the opportunities afforded by the Internet by establishing a task force to study the feasibility of creating a statewide wireless access program.

     The Cable Television Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and a concerned individual supported this measure.  Hawaiian Telcom offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2034, to encourage further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1432, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1432, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair