STAND. COM. REP. NO.  670

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1148

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1148 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to facilitate access to information by requiring electronic posting of meeting notices by state boards on the state calendar on the official state website.

 

     The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Small Business Regulatory Review Board, and Office of Information Practices testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Inserting a definition for "state calendar";

 

     (2)  Adding a savings clause; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity,              consistency, and style.


 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1148, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1148, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

 

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair