STAND. COM. REP. NO. 611

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 997

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 997, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ARCHIVES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify the duties of the State Archivist.

 

     The measure also:

 

(1)  Authorizes the State Archivist to charge a preservation fee for permanent documents filed or registered by the public; and

 

(2)  Establishes a state archives preservation and long-term access special fund in which the preservation fee is to be deposited.

 

     The Department of Accounting and General Services submitted written comments in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that authorizing the State Archivist to charge a preservation fee will provide revenue to fund the preservation and management of electronic records.  A centralized archive for digital records will reduce state expenses by eliminating duplicative services and will benefit the public by providing a single location to search for preserved information.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 997, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 997, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair