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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION
  REQUESTING THAT THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU ANALYZE,
    DEVELOP, AND IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM OF COLLECTION, COMPILING,
    AND DISTRIBUTION OF REQUIRED ANNUAL REPORTS FOR THE
    LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.



 1        WHEREAS, each year, the Legislature of the State of Hawaii
 2   receives a plethora of required annual reports twenty days
 3   before the legislative session begins; and
 4   
 5        WHEREAS, this overabundance of annual reports comes to the
 6   Legislature at a time and pace when they are unable to give
 7   each report its rightful and deserved attention; and
 8   
 9        WHEREAS, the current law requires that many of these
10   annual reports be submitted to the Legislature twenty days
11   before the opening session and places an unavoidable burden
12   upon the members who must evaluate, review, digest, perform
13   investigations, and gather outside input into these annual
14   reports; and
15   
16        WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Hawaii would like
17   a more responsible and efficient submittal and distribution of
18   these annual reports, so as to facilitate a more responsive
19   review, digest, investigation, and gathering of outside input
20   into these annual reports; and
21   
22        WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Hawaii has a
23   responsibility to the community to give these annual reports
24   their due consideration; now, therefore,
25   
26        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
27   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
28   of 2000, the Senate concurring, that the Legislative Reference
29   Bureau is requested to study and propose a system for
30   collecting, compiling, and distributing to legislators annual
31   reports submitted by agencies to the Legislature of the State
32   of Hawaii; and
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 1        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Reference
 2   Bureau is requested to analyze and develop a system from which
 3   a timetable and listing of reports can be established, in order
 4   to determine necessary deadlines for submittal of these annual
 5   reports and to ensure that reports that can be submitted early
 6   are distributed before others, in an orderly fashion throughout
 7   the year; and
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 9        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Reference
10   Bureau is requested to analyze and suggest future legislative
11   changes to improve the current process by which these reports
12   are submitted to the Legislature; and
13   
14        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Reference
15   Bureau is requested to submit findings and recommendations to
16   the Legislature not later than twenty days before the convening
17   of the Regular Session of 2001; and
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19        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this
20   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Acting Director of
21   the Legislative Reference Bureau.
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