STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1225

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1145
                                     S.D. 2
                                     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 Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred S.B. No. 1145, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
     AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the Department of
Commerce and Consumer Affairs' (DCCA) move toward self-
sufficiency by combining most of DCCA's special and revolving
funds into a single Compliance Resolution Fund, that is not
subject to central service and departmental administrative
expense reimbursement deductions or other general fund
reversions, and that is to be managed by DCCA on a department-
wide level.

     Your Committee received testimony from DCCA strongly
supporting this measure.

     Your Committee notes that this measure is similar to H.B.
No. 1083, H.D. 1, a bill passed out by your Committee earlier
this session.  The differences between these two bills are
nonsubstantive.  Your Committee has amended this bill by
replacing its contents with that of H.B. No. 1083, H.D. 1.  In
addition, a number of technical amendments have been made that
have the net result of increasing the similarity between the two
measures, and that include:


 
 
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     (1)  Adding funds to the list of those that are not to be
          included in or affected by the Compliance Resolution
          Fund;

     (2)  Including more specific designations of the special and
          other funds and moneys referenced in connection with
          the consolidation of funds into the Compliance
          Resolution Fund;

     (3)  Adding sections 4, 5, and 18 to the bill to conform
          additional sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to
          the amendments made in the bill; and

     (4)  Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity, accuracy, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 1145, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1145, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair