STAND. COM. REP. NO. 42

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1083

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1083 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BROADCAST PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to hard wire all state capitol conference rooms, the capitol auditorium, and both legislative chambers for video broadcasts.

 

     The League of Women Voters provided testimony in support of this measure.  Olelo Community Television offered comments.

 

     Your Committee finds that video broadcasts improve public access capabilities and facilitate citizen participation.  Your Committee further finds that hard wiring the state capitol avoids the costs of manual installation of wiring by a contractor, as currently practiced.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making a technical nonsubstantive amendment for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 1083, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1083, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair