STAND. COM. REP. NO.880

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 26

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 26 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE JOURNALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to transfer the responsibility for sale and distribution of the House and Senate journals from the Lieutenant Governor to the respective houses of the Legislature.

The bill also provides that the proceeds of the sale of the journals shall be used to defray any and all expenses of the respective houses. At present, the journals of the Senate and House of Representatives are published in accordance with the rules of each house, but are sold and distributed by the Lieutenant Governor. Your Committee finds that it is more appropriate for each house to be in charge of the whole chain of publication, sale, and distribution of its journals.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 26 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair