STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1266

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1124

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1124, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Appropriate funds for fiscal biennium 2019-2021 for the operations of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs division under Program ID CCA102 – Cable Television; and

(2) Set the annual fee assessed on cable operators at 4.5 percent of the income received from subscribers for cable services rendered during the preceding calendar year, authorize the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to reduce the annual fee if the existing fee exceeds the amount necessary to administer the Hawaii Cable Communications Systems Law, chapter 440G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and establish criteria to determine the amount of the fee.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and PBS Hawai‘i offered comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion on this 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. 1124, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1124, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair