Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 666, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow government agencies to create, accept, retain, or store electronic records.

In addition, this measure allows agencies to convert their paper, microfilm, and microfiche records to electronic formats.

Your Committee finds that allowing government agencies to create, accept, retain, or store electronic records will lead to greater and more efficient public access to government records. It will also allow these agencies to electronically locate and transmit these records to the public faster and more efficiently, thereby reducing the amount of time and resources agencies dedicate to responding to government records requests.

Your Committee amended this measure by:

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. 666, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 666, S.D. 2.