STAND. COM. REP. NO.  392

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 427

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 427 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 15, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW  ELECTRONIC COPIES, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRINTED COPIES, OF A BILL TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS OF A HOUSE IN WHICH THE BILL IS BEING VOTED UPON FOR THIRD OR FINAL READING IN FULFILLMENT OF THE FORTY-EIGHT HOUR AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow electronic copies, as an alternative to printed copies, of a bill to be made available for members of the house in which the bill is being voted upon for third or final reading in fulfillment of the forty-eight hour availability requirement.

Two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 427, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 427, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair