STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1410-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.R. No. 81

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.R. No. 81, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO RECOMMEND LEGISLATION OR CHANGES TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES TO DEVELOP CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND COMMUNICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS AS TO THE USE OF PUBLIC LANDS FOR COMMUNICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address the development and implementation of future State telecommunication infrastructure by requesting the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a working group to develop standard provisions to be included in contractual agreements for the use of state public lands for communication and telecommunication hardware devices.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Clarifying that the house resolution only applies to "wireless" telecommunications.

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 81, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 81, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair