STAND. COM. REP. NO. 286-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 2653
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 2653 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Exempt the upgrading of existing wireless broadband facilities from state and county permitting processes; and
(2) Require the State and counties to give under certain circumstances the final approval for new wireless infrastructure within 120 days for high-speed broadband siting and 45 days for new tower or antenna support structure permits.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Removing the language that specifies high-speed wireless broadband and replacing it with wireless telecommunications;
(2) Identifying certain components of wireless telecommunications facilities that would be included in the exemption from county permitting requirements and state permitting and approval requirements;
(3) Including language that requires the State or county agency to notify an applicant of an incomplete application;
(4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, and providing a sunset date of June 30, 2017, for the purposes of facilitating further discussion; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2653, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2653, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |