STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3061

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 202

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 202 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING GOOGLE INC. TO SELECT HAWAII AS A TEST SITE TO CONDUCT THE GOOGLE GIGABIT BROADBAND INITIATIVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to urge Google to select Hawaii as a test site to conduct the Google Gigabit Broadband Initiative and to offer legislative support of state, county, and community efforts to do so.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the High Technology Development Corporation, and the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu.

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that Hawaii would make an optimal location for Google to demonstrate the revolutionary benefits of high speed broadband, given the strong community interest, government support, ideal weather conditions, varied topography, near universal penetration of cable television, and the higher than average subscription rates for broadband usage.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the City and County of Honolulu has responded to Google's Request for Information, in conjunction with the State and counties, in a unified effort to assist Google in the deployment of a new fiber network in the islands; and

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 202, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 202, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair