STAND. COM. REP. 269

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1359

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 1359 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to support public-access pilot programs that will expand the range of student participation in the 2004 legislative session through the use of online discussions, videoconferencing, and other electronic technology.

Kids Voting Hawaii and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Legislative Reference Bureau submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $1 to further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style, clarity, and conformity.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1359, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1359, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

 

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair