CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 87

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   S.B. No. 2354
                                  S.D. 1
                                  H.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 2354, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS," 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to increase public access to the
legislative process.

     Specifically, the bill:

     (1)  Appropriates funds for a legislative media streaming
          pilot project;

     (2)  Appropriates funds for an additional full-time staff
          position for the Public Access Room;

 
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     (3)  Appropriates funds for a child care pilot project; and

     (4)  Transfers responsibility for the sale and distribution
          of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and other legislative
          publications from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor
          to the Legislature.

     Upon consideration, your Committee has amended this measure
by deleting all of its contents and replacing them with an
appropriation of funds to purchase hardware and software to
upgrade the legislative internal computer network.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2354, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 2354, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

  ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE           ON THE PART OF THE SENATE




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Rep. Ezra Kanoho                  Sen. Carol Fukunaga
Co-Chair                          Chair



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Rep. Dwight Takamine              
Co-Chair                          

 
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