Bill Text: HI HB2526 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Telecommunications and Cable Television Providers; Reporting Requirements

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-10 - (S) Act 259, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1362). [HB2526 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2526-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3332

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2526

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2526, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require providers of broadband service to file reports on broadband access availability, price, and the same information required by the Federal Communications Commission.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from Oceanic Time Warner Cable.

 

     Your Committee finds that data on broadband availability will assist the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism in effectively developing initiatives promoting the expansion and enhancement of broadband infrastructure and services.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Clarifying the definition of "broadband speed threshold" to include reference to the most recent broadband progress report issued by the Federal Communications Commission to Congress; and

 

(2)  Changing the filing date of the information reports from January 31 to March 1, to coincide with the Federal Communication Commission's deadline for carriers to file their Form 477 and to ensure that the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs receives information consistent with information provided to the Federal Communication Commission.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2526, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2526, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

		____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair