STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1064

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 116

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 116, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the effective integration of facilities necessary for the provision of advanced wireless communications services by creating an application process for the siting of wireless communications facilities that encourages the placement of antennas on existing structures, thereby minimizing their impact on the environment.

 

     T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sprint Nextel, and Cingular Wireless/AT&T testified in support of this bill.  The City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting opposed this measure.  The Office of Information Practices provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, 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. 116, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 116, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair