STAND. COM. REP. NO.  800

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 910

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 910 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to treat the governing boards of state departments the same as the heads of state departments under the state ethics code by making the financial disclosure statements of the members of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii, the Board of Land and Natural Resources, the Board of Agriculture, and the Hawaiian Homes Commission public records and available for inspection and duplication. 

     The Hawaii State Ethics Commission and the League of Women Voters of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.  A concerned individual supported this measure with amendments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to January 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 910, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 910, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair