STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1644-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2739

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2739, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY REVIEW BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Small Business Regulatory Review Board to require an agency to conduct another public hearing on a rule change when the rulemaking agency declines to make changes requested at the first hearing and the agency's small business statement, submitted after the hearing, indicates inconsistency with its earlier determination or does not address the public's concerns.

The Hawaii Association of Public Accountants, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, and a few individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Human Services, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, and Department of Agriculture opposed this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Department of Taxation commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2739, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair