Nature of the Study

     The Senate of the Eighteenth Legislature of the State of
Hawaii, Regular Session of 1995, adopted Senate Resolution No.
65, S.D. 1, entitled, "Requesting the Legislative Reference
Bureau to study Hawaii's non-profit cable public access
corporations to ensure that their operations are consistent with
PEG access goals."  A copy of the Resolution is contained in
Appendix A.


Objective of the Study

     S.R. No. 65, S.D. 1, requests the Bureau to determine:

     (1)  If local cable access corporations provide that type of
          access and programming intended by federal and state
          law;

     (2)  Whether the methods of choosing the local cable access
          corporations' board members should be changed to
          include the votes of local cable subscribers;

     (3)  How the money is allocated to each of the three PEG
          elements (public, education, and government), and how
          that money is budgeted for production, overhead, and
          administration;

     (4)  Whether the current training requirements meet the
          demand for training and personnel; and

     (5)  Any guidelines necessary to ensure that public
          officials do not abuse access.


Organization of the Study

     This study is organized into nine chapters.  Chapter two
delineates the entities involved in public access television and
their interrelationships.  Chapter three describes 'Olelo, the
access organization for the city and county of Honolulu; chapter
four discusses H-o'ike, the access organization for the county of
Kaua'i; chapter five looks at Akak-u, the access organization for
the county of Maui; and chapter six covers Na Leo 'O Hawai'i, the
access organization for the county of Hawaii.  Chapter seven
examines the legislative history of the public access television
laws and discusses its three components.  Chapter eight sets out
and discusses the issue of board selection.  Chapter nine
contains the Bureau's findings and recommendations.