STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1410

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1315

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 1315, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ACCESS HAWAII COMMITTEE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the State's ability to respond to the public demand for timely and coordinated access to agency information by permanently re-establishing the Access Hawaii Committee (Access Committee) to provide oversight of the State's Internet portal manager.

     The State Procurement Office, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Accounting and General Services, Office of Information Practices, and High Technology Development Corporation supported this bill.

     Your Committee finds that the Access Committee provides a means of coordinating and prioritizing the services of the Internet portal manager.  There was testimony that the members of the original Access Committee are still meeting informally, and that re-establishment of the Access Committee will give Access Committee management and directives the force and support of law.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 S.B. No. 1315, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1315, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair