STAND. COM. REP. NO.937

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 802

S.D. 1

 

 

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. 802, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to replace the five cents minimum per page copying cost for government records with a maximum cap of twenty-five cents per page.

In addition, the bill:

(1) Applies the maximum cap to documents with a page size not exceeding 8-1/2 x 14 inches;

(2) Exempts government agencies, departments, and offices that routinely work with documents that exceed 8-1/2 x 14 inches from the maximum cap; and

(3) Requires those exempt agencies, departments, and offices to adopt rules that set forth a copying fee schedule.

Your Committee finds that current copying fees set by government agencies, departments, and offices do not necessarily correlate to the actual cost of copying government records and are often set at higher rates than the actual cost of copying. This measure will promote greater public access to government records by ensuring that no more than a reasonable copying fee is charged.

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. 802, S.D. 1, 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