STAND. COM. REP. NO. 552-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 2543
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2543 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BROADBAND,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by making the Broadband Access Provisions permanent.
Your Committee notes that since the inception of the Broadband Access Provisions, no entity has provided the required notice of action to use Act 151, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011. The sunset provision was enacted because the environmental community was concerned that the review process would be circumvented. Because none of their concerns materialized, the sunset date is repealed to support the development of broadband in Hawaii.
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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2543, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2543, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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