STAND. COM. REP. NO. 741

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 71

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 71 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATED TO SUMMARY POSSESSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require landlords, lessors, or plaintiffs in a summary possession action to submit a general excise tax license in good standing as a condition to the issuance of a writ of possession.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Judiciary, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that rental properties serve a valuable role in providing housing. This measure provides some assurance that a landlord who exercises the remedy of summary possession is in good standing with general excise tax law requirements.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 71, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 71, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair