STAND. COM. REP. NO.  882

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1209

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1209 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 require the Legislative Broadcast Program to:

 

     (1)  Make an audio or audiovisual recording of all public hearings and informational briefings held at the State Capitol; and

 

     (2)  Maintain an archive of the recordings to be made available to the public.

 

     Common Cause Hawaii, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Occupy Hilo Media Team, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Legislative Reference Bureau provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the amount of the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 1209, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1209, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair