STAND. COM. REP. NO. 256

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 133
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Business
Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 133 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE SMALL
     BUSINESS DEFENDER POSITION AND OTHER SUPPORT PERSONNEL
     ESTABLISHED UNDER ACT 168, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1998,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to fund the small business
defender position and other support personnel.

     Your Committee notes that the small business defender
position was established, but not funded, by Act 168, Session
Laws of Hawaii 1998, the Hawaii Small Business Regulatory
Flexibility Act.

     The Chair of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' Government
Affairs and Sovereignty Committee, the National Federation of
Independent Business Hawaii, and the Hawaii Business League
submitted testimony in support of the measure.  The Department of
Business, Economic Development, and Tourism submitted testimony
in support of the intent of the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 133 and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer
Protection and Commerce.

 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development and Business
                                   Concerns,



                                   ______________________________
                                   ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair