STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3173

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2266

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 2266, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to specify that the Information Technology Steering Committee shall consist of eight members, with the Chief Information Officer to serve as the chair, and shall include:

 

     (1)  Two members to be appointed by the Senate President;

 

     (2)  Two members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

 

     (3)  One member to be appointed by the Chief Justice; and

 

     (4)  Two members to be appointed by the Governor.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Information Management and Technology and Judiciary.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure would provide specificity regarding the number of members of the Information Technology Steering Committee to be selected by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  It would also require the Governor and Chief Justice to appoint members, which is currently not authorized.

 

     Your Committee further finds that as currently drafted, this measure establishes an even number of members, which creates the potential for tied votes during decision making.  Your Committee has considered recommendations to remedy this issue and has amended this measure to:

 

     (1)  Clarify that the Information Technology Steering Committee shall consist of eleven members, with the Chief Information Officer to serve as the chair, and shall include:

 

          (A)  Four members to be appointed by the Senate President;

 

          (B)  Four members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

 

          (C)  One member to be appointed by the Chief Justice; and

 

          (D)  One member to be appointed by the Governor; and

 

     (2)  Change the effective date to upon approval.

 

Your Committee further finds that since the membership of the Information Technology Steering Committee, as amended, consists of four members appointed by the Senate President and four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, no resignations from the existing Information Technology Steering Committee would be necessary.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2266, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2266, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

 

 

 

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair