STAND. COM. REP. NO.  858-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2404

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2404, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require any board as defined under section 92-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make its minutes available in hard copy form and by electronic posting on its website, or if it does not have a website, on the official internet website of the State of Hawaii or the official website of the appropriate county.

The Office of Information Practices, Hawaii State Public Library System, Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, and Common Cause Hawaii supported the measure.  The Department of Accounting and General Services, Disability and Communication Access Board, and the High Technology Development Corporation offered comments on the measure.

     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. 2404, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair