STAND. COM. REP. NO. 748

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1315

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1315, S.D. 1, 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:

     (1)  Make the Access Hawaii Committee permanent; and

     (2)  Authorize the committee to provide oversight of the State's internet portal manager.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, High Tech Development Corporation, and the State Procurement Office submitted comments in support.  The Judiciary and the Office of Information Practices submitted comments.

     Your Committee finds that the Internet plays an integral role in the government's responsibility to provide accessibility of government information and availability of its resources to the general public.

     Your Committee recognizes the importance of a governing body to oversee the State's portal manager and its contractor to help ensure that the State's resources are utilized efficiently and effectively.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Requiring the committee to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature; and

(2)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1315, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1315, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair