STAND. COM. REP. NO. 811

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1060

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 1060, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

     (1)  Authorize the Chief Information Officer to employ persons exempt from chapters 76, 78, and 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

     (2)  Move the Shared Services Technology Special Fund from the Department of Budget and Finance to the Department of Accounting and General Services; and

     (3)  Establish additional accounting and expenditure requirements for appropriations and donations deposited into the Special Fund.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services.

     Your Committee previously heard a companion measure, S.B. No. 1287, and has amended this measure by deleting its contents and replacing them with the language in S.B. No. 1287, S.D. 2.  As amended, this measure retains its original provisions and makes the following amendments:

     (1)  Requires the Chief Information Officer, in addition to the Comptroller, to be responsible for raising funds and accepting donations on behalf of the Information Technology Steering Committee;

     (2)  Requires the Chief Information Officer to submit annual reports to the Governor and the Legislature on activities and programs under the authority of the Chief Information Officer and the Information Technology Steering Committee, and on expenditures from the Technology Steering Committee Trust Account of the Shared Services Technology Special Fund;

     (3)  Appropriates an unspecified amount of funds for deposit into the Shared Services Technology Special Fund and authorizes expenditures from the Special Fund; and

     (4)  Changes the effective date from July 1, 2030, to July 1, 2050, to allow for further discussion.

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1060, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1060, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair