STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 459-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: H.B. No. 2236
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2236 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Transferring to the Department of
Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) jurisdiction over cable TV
and the Broadband Assistance Advisory Council from the Department of Commerce
and Consumer Affairs and telecommunications carriers from the Public Utilities
Commission;
(2) Establishing
the position of a commissioner of telecommunications;
(3) Creating
a special fund in DBEDT for cable TV and telecommunications carriers; and
(4) Requiring the Broadband Assistance Advisory Council to advise the Director of DBEDT on broadband deployment.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2236, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2236, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,
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____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair |
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