STAND. COM. REP. NO.  823

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 112

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 112 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to designate an access organization to oversee public, educational, and governmental channels on cable television.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Americans for Democratic Action/Hawaii, Hawaii People's Fund, Community Alliance on Prisons, Media Council of Hawaii, Olelo Community Television, Life of the Land, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  The State Procurement Office and a concerned individual submitted comments. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring DCCA to conduct annual audits of the access organization;

     (2)  Establishing a sunset date of June 30, 2014, for this measure; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 112, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 112, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair