STAND. COM. REP. NO. 910-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2395

S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred S.B. No. 2395, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the Hawaii Convention Center's (Center) competitive posture by giving the Center the flexibility to enter into contracts with potential licensees who require confidentiality as a condition to booking a meeting or executing a license agreement.

Specifically, this bill exempts the Center's booking business records from the freedom of information law until ten days after an event has occurred, if a potential licensee requests nondisclosure of the license agreement and disclosure may result in:

(1) The loss of the Center booking; or

(2) Disclosure of the potential licensee's confidential business or proprietary information.

The Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism supported this measure. The Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter, and two concerned individuals opposed this measure. The Office of Information Practices offered comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2395, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism and Culture,

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair