STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1008

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 583

      S.D. 1

      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 Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 583, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to designate access organizations to oversee public, educational, and governmental channels on cable televisions.

 

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Maui Democratic Party, Americans for Democratic Action/Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, Olelo Community Media, A Vessel of Mercy Ministry, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The State Procurement Office and a concerned individual opposed this measure. 

 

     Your Committee amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date from July 1, 2050, to July 1, 2011; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 583, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 583, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair