STAND. COM. REP. NO.  262-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2302

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2302 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase information technology efficiency across state departments and agencies by:

     (1)  Relieving the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) from providing centralized computer information management and processing services;

     (2)  Transferring those responsibilities to a newly established Office of Information Technology within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) to coordinate information technology policies;

     (3)  Establishing the position of Chief Information Officer to head the new Office of Information Technology;

     (4)  Establishing a Shared Services Technology Special Fund, providing for its funding, and exempting the fund from certain expenses; and

     (5)  Stipulating that attorneys in DCCA assigned to the Regulated Industries Complaints Office (RICO) shall be subject to Hawaii's Uniform Information Practices Act.

     The Hawaii Medical Service Association testified in support of this bill.  DAGS and the State Department of Defense testified in opposition to this bill.  The Department of Education, Department of Budget and Finance, and DCCA provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Establishing the Office of Information Technology and the position of Chief Information Officer within the Lieutenant Governor's Office;

     (2)  Stipulating that the Chief Information Officer shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and shall report directly to the Lieutenant Governor;

     (3)  Removing the requirement that attorneys assigned to RICO be subject to the Uniform Information Practices Act; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2302, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2302, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair