HB 533 Summary

• Establishes the Hawaii Broadband Office within the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to develop strategies and increase broadband affordability, penetration, and competitive availability statewide.

• Creates the position of State Broadband Strategy Officer, appointed by the CEO of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation and exempt from civil service requirements.

• Renames and restructures the Broadband Assistance Advisory Council as the Broadband Advisory Council, reducing membership from 12 to 10 appointed members and transferring administrative support from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation.

• Appropriates unspecified general revenues for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 to create and staff the Hawaii Broadband Office, including two full-time exempt positions.

• Takes effect July 1, 3000 (likely a drafting error).