STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1360

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 654
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was
referred S.B. No. 654, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Provide for the appointment of first deputies to the
          Legislative Analyst, the Legislative Auditor, the
          Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, and the
          Ombudsman with the advice and consent of the Joint
          Legislative Management Committee;

     (2)  Make an appropriation to provide for costs of
          relocating the Public Access Room, and for electronic
          equipment and furniture purchase;

     (3)  Require the Legislative Analyst to review all
          performance-based budgets submitted to the Legislature
          as provided by law;

     (4)  Make the Legislative Reference Bureau responsible for
          the sale of session laws, supplements, and replacement
          volumes;


 
 
 
 
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     (5)  Require the Legislature, instead of the Lieutenant
          Governor, to sell and distribute session laws,
          supplements, and replacement volumes;

     (6)  Provide that the money received for the sale of
          legislative publications be credited to the Hawaii
          Legislative Publications Special Fund; and

     (7)  Remove from the duties of the Lieutenant Governor,
          recordation of all legislative and gubernatorial acts.

     Common Cause Hawaii supported this measure.  GST Telecom
Hawaii supported the appropriation of funds to the Public Access
Room for expansion, moving, and equipment costs.  GST Telecom
Hawaii also requested that the bill be amended to add provisions
found in H.B. No. 1639, which was heard earlier in the session by
this Committee.  H.B. No. 1639 made an appropriation to hire a
second full-time staff person for the Public Access Room.

     The Office of the Lieutenant Governor supported the intent
of this bill as it relates to the transfer of duties from the
Office of the Lieutenant Governor to the Legislature.  The
Legislative Auditor opposed the portions subjecting the
appointment of deputies for legislative agencies to the advice
and consent of the Joint Legislative Management Committee.  The
Legislative Reference Bureau submitted comments noting
discrepancies in the bill and potential problems with regard to
the transfer of duties from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor
to the Legislature.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the appointment of first deputies to the
          Legislative Analyst, the Legislative Auditor, the
          Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, and the
          Ombudsman with the advice and consent of the Joint
          Legislative Management Committee; and

     (2)  Appropriating funds to hire an additional staff person
          for the Public Access Room.

     Your Committee supports the distribution and sale of session
laws, supplements, and replacement volumes by the Legislative
Reference Bureau because it offers a measure of government
streamlining by providing "one stop" convenience for the public
in obtaining all legislative-related material.  However, storage
and handling costs to be absorbed by the Legislative Reference
Bureau may not be offset by savings to the Lieutenant Governor's

 
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Office.  The Lieutenant Governor's Office was requested to assist
in addressing and resolving this concern.

     Your Committee has also made technical, nonsubstantive
amendments to correct drafting and clerical errors, including
setting forth section 26-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in its
entirety to prevent its ultimate repeal and reenactment as
required in Act 27, Special Session Laws of Hawaii (SSLH) 1995.
As amended and set forth in this measure, section 26-1 includes
all of the amendments made to date since Act 27, SSLH 1995, to
confirm the form and substance of the section as intended by your
Committee to survive upon enactment.

     The June 30, 1999, drop dead requirement of Act 27, SSLH
1995, which was subsequently amended by Act 13, Session Laws of
Hawaii 1996, was also addressed to ensure that certain provisions
of section 26-1 are not inadvertently eliminated after June 30,
1999.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 654, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
654, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Legislative
                                   Management,



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                                   EZRA KANOHO, Chair