STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1554

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1509

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1509, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE ARCHIVES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Explicitly authorize the State Archives Preservation and Long-term Access Special Fund to be used to preserve and provide long-term access to other materials preserved at the State Archives, in addition to government records; and

(2) Establish additional funding sources for, and authorize additional expenditures of monies from, the State Archives Preservation and Long-term Access Special Fund.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services; University of Hawai‘i System; Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Hawaii Chapter I; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that there is cultural and historical value in placing more of Hawaii's unique and irreplaceable documentary heritage records, historic photographic collections, Hawaiian phonographic music, and audio-video collections online for unrestricted and perpetual public access. The explicit authorization to use the State Archives Preservation and Long-term Access Special Fund for these types of materials, in addition to government records, provides the fund with greater flexibility, while the additional funding provided through this measure will support that work.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) 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 Labor & Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1509, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1509, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Government Operations,

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SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI, Chair