STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1126_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1079
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




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 S.B. No. 1079, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMIT PROCESSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the consolidated
applications process by:

     (1)  More specifically delineating the membership of the
          Permit Process Task Force (Task Force);

     (2)  Limiting the Task Force's examination of the state
          permit approval process rules to those pertaining to
          county building permit applications; and

     (3)  Establishing a June 30, 2002, sunset date for the Task
          Force.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and
Tourism commented on this measure.  The Sierra Club, Hawaii
Chapter, testified in opposition to this measure.

     This bill is similar to H.B. No. 1029, H.D. 3, which passed
out of the House of Representatives earlier this session after
public hearings before this Committee, the Committee on Consumer
Protection and Commerce, and the Committee on Finance.


 
 
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     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by deleting its substance, and inserting therefor, the
substance of H.B. No. 1029, H.D. 3.

     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 S.B. No. 1079, S.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1079, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

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



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                                   ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair