HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	280
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

MANDATING THE CREATION OF A SINGLE WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO STATE EXPENDITURES.

     WHEREAS, transparency and accountability are fundamental principles of a democracy; and

     WHEREAS, the number and cost of state expenditures has risen and the public is often unfamiliar with the spending process and expenditures; and

     WHEREAS, the public is demanding more responsible spending of their tax money, whether it is congressional earmarks or our state and local expenditures; and

     WHEREAS, in the past, it has been difficult for the people to get easy access to government records; and

     WHEREAS, the internet provides an easy, reliable, and affordable way for the state to make spending records available; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2008, that the House of Representatives urges the Governor to create a single website designed to provide records to the public of annual and monthly expenditures of the state government, and also provide archived databases of those records; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the House Finance committee is urged to cooperate with the Governor to provide comprehensive and pertinent financial information for the website; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the Chair of the House Finance committee.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Website; government expenditures