STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1634-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2858

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2858, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to promote the use of environmental information systems and new management innovation by establishing the Environmental Information Management Office within the Department of Health.

The Department of Health; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Office of Information Management and Technology; and the Office of Environmental Quality Control supported this measure.  The Department of Transportation and Chamber of Commerce Hawaii commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2858, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair