STAND. COM. REP. NO.  670

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1060

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1060 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify laws relating to information technology established in Act 200, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, including:

 

     (1)  Removing the Chief Information Officer's (CIO) oversight of the Information and Communication Services Division (ICSD) of the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS);

 

     (2)  Changing the amount transferred to the Shared Services Technology Special Fund (Special Fund) from revenues collected from central services expenses from an unspecified percentage to $1,000,000;

 

     (3)  Requiring the Director of Budget and Finance to be responsible for moneys on behalf of the Information Technology Steering Committee (Steering Committee) to be deposited into a trust account; and

 

     (4)  Repealing the law relating to the CIO, Steering Committee, and Special Fund on June 30, 2013.

 

     DAGS and the Hawaii Community Foundation testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Reinstating provisions relating to the CIO's oversight of ICSD;

 

     (2)  Specifying that the CIO's staff be exempt from civil service and collective bargaining laws;

 

     (3)  Transferring the Special Fund from the Department of Budget and Finance to DAGS;

 

     (4)  Reinstating the unspecified percentage of central services expenses to be deposited to the Special Fund;

 

     (5)  Removing the June 30, 2013 repeal of provisions relating to the establishment of the CIO, Steering Committee, and Special Fund;

 

     (6)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (7)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1060, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1060, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair