Bill Text: HI HR205 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Legislative Broadcast Program; House Procedures
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-21 - (H) Resolution adopted in final form. [HR205 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HR205-Amended.html
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION
ESTABLISHING POLICIES FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BROADCAST PROGRAM'S CABLECASTS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' PROCEEDINGS.
WHEREAS, the legislative broadcast program, which was established and began cable casting House of Representatives' proceedings on a pilot basis in 1994, and has been renewed every session since then; and
WHEREAS, Act 373, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, codified as chapter 21G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to public access, established the legislative broadcast program; and
WHEREAS, the legislative broadcast program produces live and tape-delayed video broadcasts of selected legislative proceedings for cable casting on public-education-government access channels and video casting on the Internet; and
WHEREAS, the legislative broadcast program is intended to increase public access, to and participation in, the legislative process; and
WHEREAS, ‘Olelo Community Television continues to provide the Legislature with technical and engineering support, programming time for cablecasts, broadcast production television equipment, and preventive maintenance, repair, and replacement as needed; and
WHEREAS, a private broadcast production company is currently contracted by the Legislature to produce broadcasts of legislative proceedings; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure consistency, reliability, and responsibility for programming, the House of Representatives finds it necessary to establish policies to govern the participation in the legislative broadcast program; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, that the following policies shall govern the activities of the legislative broadcast program as it pertains to the House of Representatives:
(1) Project Responsibility: The content, selection, and editorial policies shall be administered by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Speaker's designee. ‘Olelo Community Television shall provide technical and engineering support, programming time for cablecasts, broadcast production television equipment, and preventive maintenance, repair, and replacement as needed;
(2) Distribution: Cablecast programming coverage and distribution shall be provided by ‘Olelo Community Television on O‘ahu; by Akaku: Maui Community Television on Maui, Moloka‘i, and Lana‘i; by Ho‘ike: Kaua‘i Community Television on Kaua‘i; and by Na Leo ‘O Hawai‘i, Inc., on Hawai‘i. All bona fide news organizations and educational institutions shall be authorized to utilize the programming material and shall bear costs associated with the programming. Campaign or commercial uses of material distributed by the Speaker's designee or the legislative contractor are prohibited;
(3) Programming Content: Programming shall include live and tape-delayed cablecasts. All public committee hearings, legislative sessions, and other legislative proceedings shall be authorized for programming and selected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Speaker's designee. In addition, the Speaker or the Speaker's designee may authorize special programming. Programming material distributed by the Speaker's designee or the legislative contractor shall not be used for campaign or commercial purposes;
(4) Editing: Cablecasts of legislative proceedings shall be covered gavel-to-gavel, and shall include coverage of the speaker recognized by the chair or presiding officer. Occasional shots of the entire committee or assembled body shall be allowed; however, close-up "reaction" shots shall not be permitted; and
(5) Ownership and Use of Programming: Tapes and cablecasts shall be considered the property of the House of Representatives. Tapes and cablecasts shall not be considered an official record of the meeting, and there shall be no liability for inadvertent erasure or omission. Tapes of proceedings shall be retained at least for a period of time necessary for rebroadcasts on neighbor island cable systems, and for use in program evaluation and staff training; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, House Majority Leader, House Minority Leader, ‘Olelo Community Television, Akaku: Maui Community Television, Ho‘ike: Kaua‘i Community Television, Na Leo ‘O Hawai‘i, Inc., and Oceanic Time Warner Cable of Hawaii.
Legislative Broadcast Program; House Procedures
