Report Title:

State Statistics and Data; Data Internet Portal

Description:

Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to create a single Internet portal comprised of data and information from all government agencies. Requires the information to be easily accessible and manipulated for analysis.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

426

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to economic development.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 201-13.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§201-13.8 Data or information collection. (a) The director, in consultation and cooperation with all affected governmental agencies, shall [assess]:

(1) Assess the need for statistics and other information as to the number, characteristics, needs, and movement of people into, out of, or within Hawaii, including residents, migrants, and visitors, and such other information as the director may deem necessary, for the purposes of sound economic research and analysis[.]; and

(2) Inventory all economic, demographic, environmental, and social science data available from all government agencies and relevant data from other jurisdictions.

The director shall be responsible for collecting[,] and analyzing[, and disseminating such information to governmental agencies on a timely basis,] the information and is authorized to use any appropriate method to collect the information, including but not limited to conducting an entry and exit census or survey of all individuals entering, leaving, or living within the State, and obtaining data or information acquired by other agencies, both public and private.

(b) The department shall disseminate the information collected and analyzed under subsection (a) to government agencies and the public on a timely basis. The department shall create an Internet portal for government agencies and the public to serve as a single point of access to the data gathered under this section. The data shall be in a format that is easily accessible and manipulated to conduct comparisons, cross-references, and comprehensive analysis. All governmental agencies shall cooperate with and assist the director to implement this section[.], including ensuring that the data gathered by governmental agencies may be accessed through the Internet portal.

[(b)] (c) To the extent that it is identifiable to an individual, information obtained by the department or its agents through surveys, questionnaires, or other information gathering efforts shall be held confidential and not disclosed or opened to public inspection, except that such information may be shared with other government agencies as provided in section 92F-19.

[(c)] (d) Public disclosure of information gathered by the department could place businesses at a competitive disadvantage. Consequently, where disclosure would result in the impairment of the department's ability to obtain such information and the frustration of a legitimate government function, the department may withhold from public disclosure competitively sensitive information including:

(1) Completed survey and questionnaire forms;

(2) Coding sheets; and

(3) Database records of such information.

[(d)] (e) The director may adopt necessary rules pursuant to chapter 91, to administer this section."

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

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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