Report Title:

Legislature

Description:

Transfers the responsibility for the sale and distribution of House and Senate Journals from the lieutenant governor to the legislature.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

26

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATive journals.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 93-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§93-15 Legislative journals; sale and distribution.[]] [The journals of the senate and house of representatives, published in accordance with the rules of each house of the legislature, shall be sold and distributed to the public by the lieutenant governor at a price fixed by the lieutenant governor. The money received therefor shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general fund. The lieutenant governor may furnish the journals of the senate and house of representatives to public officials for official use free of charge. As used in this section, public officials include officials of the state and county governments, of the congressional delegation of the State, of the United States District Court, District of Hawaii, and of the United States Attorney's Office in Hawaii.] Each house of the legislature shall be responsible for the publication, sale, and distribution of their respective legislative journals. The speaker of the house of representatives and the senate president shall:

(1) Fix the price of their respective legislative journals; and

(2) Determine who shall receive their respective legislative journals free of charge.

The money received from the sale of the legislative journals may be used by the respective houses of the legislature to defray any and all expenses of the respective houses."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.

INTRODUCED BY:

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