HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	103
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

requesting the Board of Trustees of the office of hawaiian affairs, Hawaiian Homes Commission, Board of Education, and the UNIVERSITY of Hawaii Board of Regents to televise Their Respective general meetings.

     WHEREAS, television and newsprint play an important role in keeping the public informed of daily events in the State; and

     WHEREAS, ‘OLELO Community Television has televised selected proceedings of the State Legislature and the Honolulu City Council, thereby keeping the general public informed of the major issues that affect their daily lives and the decisions made by their elected officials; and

     WHEREAS, it is important that government agencies televise general and committee meetings to keep the community informed of major issues that affect them; and

     WHEREAS, print media can only provide a general accounting of issues discussed at these meetings, while televised meetings allow the public to view the actual proceedings; and

     WHEREAS, complaints have been made by native Hawaiian communities that they remain uninformed regarding the activities of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs because its general meetings are not televised; and

     WHEREAS, the public is often uninformed and uninvolved in important matters discussed by the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Board of Education, and the University of Hawaii Board of Regents because their respective general meetings are not televised; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2013, that the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaiian Homes Commission, Board of Education, and the University of Hawaii Board of Regents are requested to televise their respective general meetings; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Chairperson of the Board of Education, and the Chairperson of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents.

OFFERED BY:

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Requesting the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Board of Education, and University of Hawaii Board of Regents to televise their respective general meetings.