STAND. COM. REP. NO.  534

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1000

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1000, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENHANCED 911 SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to update and make more effective the Enhanced 911 Services law by, among other things:

     (1)  Clarifying that the law pertains to communications services and is not limited to wireless services;

     (2)  Expanding the membership and changing the name of the Wireless Enhanced 911 Board to the Enhanced 911 Board;

     (3)  Requiring the Governor to appoint a State 911 Coordinator;

     (4)  Changing the name of the Wireless Enhanced 911 Fund to the Enhanced 911 Fund and clarifying its uses; and

     (5)  Exempting connections of local exchange carriers providing land line enhanced 911 services from the monthly enhanced 911 surcharge.

     The Department of Accounting and General Services, Wireless Enhanced 911 Board, Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii Police Department, Maui Police Department, General Motors, State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Maui Fire Department, Kauai Fire Department, Kauai Police Department, and City and County of Honolulu Department of Information Technology testified in support of this bill.

     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. 1000, H.D. 1, and recommends that it 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