REPORT TITLE:

Administrative Rules; Repeal


DESCRIPTION:
Provides an expedited process for the repeal of obsolete or
unauthorized administrative rules.  Repeals administrative rules
that are unnecessary or obsolete.  (SD1)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the "slice waste and
 
 2 tape", or "SWAT", regulatory reform initiative is designed to
 
 3 improve state government by eliminating unnecessary, null and
 
 4 void, and overly complex administrative rules that deter economic
 
 5 development and hamper government efficiency.  The intent of this
 
 6 initiative is to reduce the burden of government regulation and
 
 7 minimize its negative effects on Hawaii's residents, businesses,
 
 8 the economy, and government operations. Strategies to achieve
 
 9 these objectives include such measures as improving public access
 
10 to rules, eliminating null and void rules, and reviewing and
 
11 overhauling the rulemaking process.
 
12      The legislature finds that in those cases in which an agency
 
13 seeks only to repeal certain administrative rules that are null
 
14 and void or unnecessary, the agency must comply with the same
 
15 lengthy process specified under the Hawaii Administrative
 
16 Procedure Act that is used when the agency seeks to adopt, amend,
 
17 or compile administrative rules.  That process requires giving
 
18 advanced notice, providing a public hearing, and distributing
 
19 copies of proposed rules to be adopted, amended, or repealed.
 
20 The legislature finds that with respect to the repeal of null and
 

 
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 1 void or unnecessary rules, compliance with this time-consuming
 
 2 and cumbersome process unreasonably prolongs the inevitable
 
 3 repeal of those rules.
 
 4      Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to reduce the number
 
 5 of administrative rules by specifying that where an agency seeks
 
 6 only to repeal as null and void or unnecessary certain specific
 
 7 sections, chapters, or subchapters of the Hawaii administrative
 
 8 rules, the agency need only publish a public notice of those
 
 9 sections, chapters, or subchapters that are being repealed,
 
10 without any accompanying description of those provisions, and
 
11 without the need for a public hearing.  Agencies that propose to
 
12 adopt, amend, or compile administrative rules, whether separately
 
13 or in combination with the repeal of rules, must continue to
 
14 comply with the existing requirements of the Administrative
 
15 Procedure Act.  The legislature finds that this Act will further
 
16 help to streamline government and increase government efficiency.
 
17      SECTION 2.  Section 91-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
18 amended to read as follows:
 
19      "§91-3   Procedure for adoption, amendment, or repeal of
 
20 rules.(a)  [Prior] Except as provided in subsection (f), prior
 
21 to the adoption of any rule authorized by law, or the amendment
 
22 or repeal thereof, the adopting agency shall:
 
23      (1)  Give at least thirty days' notice for a public hearing.
 

 
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 1           The notice shall include:
 
 2           (A)  A statement of the topic of the proposed rule
 
 3                adoption, amendment, or repeal or a general
 
 4                description of the subjects involved; [and]
 
 5           (B)  A statement that a copy of the proposed rule to be
 
 6                adopted, the proposed rule amendment, or the rule
 
 7                proposed to be repealed will be mailed to any
 
 8                interested person who requests a copy, pays the
 
 9                required fees for the copy and the postage, if
 
10                any, together with a description of where and how
 
11                the requests may be made;
 
12           (C)  A statement of when, where, and during what times
 
13                the proposed rule to be adopted, the proposed rule
 
14                amendment, or the rule proposed to be repealed may
 
15                be reviewed in person; and
 
16           (D)  The date, time, and place where the public hearing
 
17                will be held and where interested persons may be
 
18                heard on the proposed rule adoption, amendment, or
 
19                repeal.
 
20                The notice shall be mailed to all persons who have
 
21           made a timely written request of the agency for advance
 
22           notice of its rulemaking proceedings, given at least
 
23           once statewide for state agencies and in the county for
 

 
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 1           county agencies.  Proposed state agency rules shall
 
 2           also be posted on the Internet as provided in section
 
 3           91-2.6; and
 
 4      (2)  Afford all interested persons opportunity to submit
 
 5           data, views, or arguments, orally or in writing.  The
 
 6           agency shall fully consider all written and oral
 
 7           submissions respecting the proposed rule.  The agency
 
 8           may make its decision at the public hearing or announce
 
 9           then the date when it intends to make its decision.
 
10           Upon adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule, the
 
11           agency, if requested to do so by an interested person,
 
12           shall issue a concise statement of the principal
 
13           reasons for and against its determination.
 
14      (b)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an agency finds that
 
15 an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or morals, or to
 
16 livestock and poultry health, requires adoption, amendment, or
 
17 repeal of a rule upon less than thirty days' notice of hearing,
 
18 and states in writing its reasons for such finding, it may
 
19 proceed without prior notice or hearing or upon such abbreviated
 
20 notice and hearing, including posting the abbreviated notice and
 
21 hearing on the Internet as provided in section 91-2.6, as it
 
22 finds practicable to adopt an emergency rule to be effective for
 
23 a period of not longer than one hundred twenty days without
 

 
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 1 renewal.
 
 2      (c)  The adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule by any
 
 3 state agency shall be subject to the approval of the governor.
 
 4 The adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule by any county
 
 5 agency shall be subject to the approval of the mayor of the
 
 6 county.  This subsection shall not apply to the adoption,
 
 7 amendment, and repeal of the rules of the county boards of water
 
 8 supply.
 
 9      (d)  The requirements of subsection (a) may be waived by the
 
10 governor in the case of the State, or by the mayor in the case of
 
11 a county, whenever a state or county agency is required by
 
12 federal provisions to adopt rules as a condition to receiving
 
13 federal funds and the agency is allowed no discretion in
 
14 interpreting the federal provisions as to the rules required to
 
15 be adopted; provided that the agency shall make the adoption,
 
16 amendment, or repeal known to the public by:
 
17      (1)  Giving public notice of the substance of the proposed
 
18           rule at least once statewide prior to the waiver of the
 
19           governor or the mayor; and
 
20      (2)  Posting the full text of the proposed rulemaking action
 
21           on the Internet as provided in section 91-2.6.
 
22      (e)  No adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule shall be
 
23 invalidated solely because of:
 

 
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 1      (1)  The inadvertent failure to mail an advance notice of
 
 2           rulemaking proceedings;
 
 3      (2)  The inadvertent failure to mail or the nonreceipt of
 
 4           requested copies of the proposed rule to be adopted,
 
 5           the proposed rule amendment, or the rule proposed to be
 
 6           repealed; or
 
 7      (3)  The inadvertent failure on the part of a state agency
 
 8           to post on the website of the office of the lieutenant
 
 9           governor all proposed rulemaking actions of the agency
 
10           and the full text of the agency's proposed rules as
 
11           provided in section 91-2.6.
 
12 Any challenge to the validity of the adoption, amendment, or
 
13 repeal of an administrative rule on the ground of noncompliance
 
14 with statutory procedural requirements shall be forever barred
 
15 unless the challenge is made in a proceeding or action, including
 
16 an action pursuant to section 91-7, that is begun within three
 
17 years after the effective date of the adoption, amendment, or
 
18 repeal of the rule.
 
19      (f)  Whenever an agency seeks only to repeal one or more
 
20 sections, chapters, or subchapters of the agency's rules because
 
21 the rules are either obsolete or unauthorized, and not adopt,
 
22 amend, or compile any other rules, the agency need only:
 
23      (1)  Give        days' public notice at least once statewide
 

 
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 1           of the proposed date of repeal and of:
 
 2           (A)  A list of the sections, chapters, or subchapters,
 
 3                as applicable, being repealed; and
 
 4           (B)  A statement of when, where, and during what times
 
 5                the sections, chapters, or subchapters proposed to
 
 6                be repealed may be reviewed in person;
 
 7      (2)  Post the full text of the proposed sections, chapters,
 
 8           or subchapters to be repealed on the Internet as
 
 9           provided in section 91-2.6; and
 
10      (3)  Hold a public hearing only if there is a protest on a
 
11           particular section, chapter, or subchapter to be
 
12           repealed.
 
13      This subsection does not apply to the repeal of one or more
 
14 subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, clauses, words, phrases,
 
15 or other material within a section that does not constitute the
 
16 entire section to be repealed."
 
17      SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
 
18 following Hawaii Administrative Rules are hereby repealed, having
 
19 been found to be unnecessary.
 
20      (1)  OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR:
 
21           (A)  Title 1, chapter 3, Long-Term Care Service
 
22                Development Fund; and
 
23           (B)  Title 1, chapter 4, Renovation and Conversion of
 
24                Existing Facilities for Long-Term Care Programs.
 

 
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 1      (2)  OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR - Office of
 
 2           Elections:
 
 3           Title 2, chapter 38, Adoption, Amendment, or Repeal of
 
 4           Rules by Chief Election Officer.
 
 5      (3)  DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES:
 
 6           (A)  Title 3, chapter 11, Rules and Regulations for the
 
 7                Administration and Accountability of Petty Cash
 
 8                Funds; and
 
 9           (B)  Title 3, chapter 12, Rules Governing the Reporting
 
10                of Funds Not Deposited in the State Treasury.
 
11      (4)  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE:
 
12           (A)  Title 4, chapter 3, Rules and Regulations
 
13                Governing the Kauai Planning and Development
 
14                Program;
 
15           (B)  Title 4, chapter 25, Meat Inspection; and
 
16           (C)  Title 4, chapter 26, Poultry Inspection.
 
17      (5)  DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE:
 
18           (A)  Title 6, chapter 11, Veterans Loan Program;
 
19           (B)  Title 6, chapter 100, General Provisions - Hawaii
 
20                Information Network Corporation;
 
21           (C)  Title 6, chapter 101, Marketing and Promotion
 
22                Activities;
 
23           (D)  Title 6, chapter 102, HAWAII INC Service Bureau;
 
24                and
 

 
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 1           (E)  Title 6, chapter 103, Hawaii FYI Electronic
 
 2                Services Gateway.
 
 3      (6)  DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS:
 
 4           Title 10, chapter 100, Leases to Hawaiians.
 
 5      (7)  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH:
 
 6           (A)  Title 11, chapter 3, Physical Therapists;
 
 7           (B)  Title 11, chapter 6, State Health Insurance
 
 8                Program;
 
 9           (C)  Title 11, chapter 14, Housing;
 
10           (D)  Title 11, chapter 16, Recreational Trailer Camps;
 
11           (E)  Title 11, chapter 30, Frozen Desserts;
 
12           (F)  Title 11, chapter 34, Poisons;
 
13           (G)  Title 11, chapter 42, Vehicular Noise Control for
 
14                Oahu; and
 
15           (H)  Title 11, chapter 158, Venereal Disease.
 
16      (8)  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS:
 
17           (A)  Title 12, chapter 1, except section 12-1-5,
 
18                Petition for declaratory ruling; and
 
19           (B)  Title 12, chapter 507, Aloha State Specialized
 
20                Employment and Training Program.
 
21      (9)  DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES:
 
22           (A)  Title 13, chapter 2, Conservation Districts;
 
23           (B)  Title 13, chapter 4, Waimanu Estuarine Sanctuary;
 

 
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 1           (C)  Title 13, chapter 6, Conservation Districts;
 
 2           (D)  The following sections of Title 13, chapter 233,
 
 3                Motor Vehicle and Parking Rules:
 
 4                (i)  Section 13-233-11, Vehicles or equipment,
 
 5                     size, weight, and load restrictions;
 
 6               (ii)  Section 13-233-12, Restrictions as to tire
 
 7                     equipment;
 
 8              (iii)  Section 13-233-21, Designation of parking
 
 9                     meter stalls;
 
10               (iv)  Section 13-233-22, Placement and design of
 
11                     parking meters;
 
12                (v)  Section 13-233-23, Method of parking;
 
13               (vi)  Section 13-233-25, Operation of parking
 
14                     meters; and
 
15              (vii)  Section 41, Designation of parking stalls.
 
16     (10)  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS:
 
17           (A)  Title 16, chapter 2, Hawaii Temporary Disability
 
18                Insurance Risk Spreading Plan;
 
19           (B)  Title 16, chapter 4, Hawaii Insurance Guaranty
 
20                Association Plan of Operation;
 
21           (C)  Title 16, chapter 9, Licensing Examination Fees;
 
22           (D)  Title 16, chapter 10, Unfair Discrimination Solely
 
23                on the Basis of Blindness or Partial Blindness;
 

 
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 1           (E)  Title 16, chapter 11, Multiple Peril Policy Rate
 
 2                Sheet;
 
 3           (F)  Title 16, chapter 12A, Medicare Supplement
 
 4                Policies;
 
 5           (G)  Title 16, chapter 12B, Transitional Requirements
 
 6                for the Conversion of Medicare Supplement
 
 7                Insurance Benefits and Premiums to Conform to
 
 8                Repeal of Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act; and
 
 9           (H)  Title 16, chapter 173, Hawaii Property Insurance
 
10                Association.
 
11     (11)  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:
 
12           (A)  Title 19, chapter 5, Service Charge for Dishonored
 
13                Negotiable Instruments at the Department of
 
14                Transportation; and
 
15           (B)  Title 19, chapter 28, Aircraft Noise Control.
 
16      SECTION 4.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
 
17 following administrative rules of the Hawaii Administrative Rules
 
18 that are null and void are hereby repealed by virtue of the fact
 
19 that they are already null and void:
 
20      (1)  OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Administration:
 
21           (A)  Title 2, chapter 29, Hawaii Criminal Justice
 
22                Commission Administrative Practice and Procedure.
 
23      (2)  DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES:
 

 
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 1           (A)  Title 3, chapter 56, Rules Providing Value
 
 2                Engineering Incentives in Public Works Contracts.
 
 3      (3)  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE:
 
 4           (A)  Title 4, chapter 6, Orchards Development Program;
 
 5           (B)  Title 4, chapter 7, Hawaii Agricultural Products
 
 6                Program;
 
 7           (C)  Title 4, chapter 10, The Independent Sugar Grower
 
 8                Loan Program; and
 
 9           (D)  Title 4, chapter 47, Agricultural Marketing Orders
 
10                and Agreements.
 
11      (4)  DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE:
 
12           (A)  Title 6, chapter 15, Grants, Subsidies, and
 
13                Purchases of Service.
 
14      (5)  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH:
 
15           (A)  Title 11, chapter 141, Midwives.
 
16      (6)  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS:
 
17           (A)  Title 12, chapter 9, Work Incentive Program for
 
18                AFDC Recipients;
 
19           (B)  Title 12, chapter 23, Relating to Discriminatory
 
20                Practices;
 
21           (C)  Title 12, chapter 34, State Program for the
 
22                Unemployed; and
 
23           (D)  Title 12, chapter 35, Displaced Homemaker Program.
 

 
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 1      (7)  DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES:
 
 2           (A)  Title 13, chapter 59, Kawaaloa-Moomomi Bays
 
 3                Subsistence Fishing Pilot Demonstration Project,
 
 4                Molokai.
 
 5      (8)  DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
 
 6           TOURISM:
 
 7           (A)  Title 15, chapter 3, Fishing Vessel Loan Programs;
 
 8           (B)  Title 15, chapter 7, Molokai Loan Program;
 
 9           (C)  Title 15, chapter 13, The Hawaii State Plan Policy
 
10                Council; and
 
11           (D)  Title 15, chapter 14, Commission on Population and
 
12                the Hawaiian Future Rules of Practice and
 
13                Procedure.
 
14      (9)  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS:
 
15           (A)  Title 16, chapter 8, Patient's Compensation Fund;
 
16           (B)  Title 16, chapter 29, Branch Bank of University of
 
17                Hawaii Manoa Campus;
 
18           (C)  Title 16, chapter 109, Factory-Built Housing;
 
19           (D)  Title 16, chapter 111, Real Estate Collection
 
20                Servicing Agents; and
 
21           (E)  Title 16, chapter 316, Hawaiian Home Lands Trust
 
22                Individual Claims Review Panel Administrative
 
23                Practice and Procedure.
 

 
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 1     (10)  DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION:
 
 2           (A)  Title 18, chapter 234, Natural Disaster Claims
 
 3                Commissions.
 
 4      SECTION 5.  Notwithstanding section 91-3, Hawaii Revised
 
 5 Statutes, or any other law to the contrary, no agency affected by
 
 6 any section, chapter, or subchapter of the Hawaii Administrative
 
 7 Rules that has been repealed by this Act shall be required to
 
 8 give advanced public notice, provide a public hearing, distribute
 
 9 copies of repealed rules, or take any other action required by
 
10 chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes with respect to those
 
11 administrative rules that have been repealed by this Act.
 
12      SECTION 6.  All contracts entered into pursuant to
 
13 administrative rules that have been repealed by this Act shall
 
14 continue to be honored until their termination.  The provisions
 
15 of this Act shall not be applied so as to impair any contract
 
16 existing as of the effective date of this Act or to otherwise
 
17 violate either the Hawaii State Constitution or Article I,
 
18 section 10, of the United States Constitution.
 
19      SECTION 7.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
20 New statutory material is underscored.
 
21      SECTION 8.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.