STAND. COM. REP. NO. 891________

                                 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 Finance, 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 provide legal representation
and counsel to small businesses by funding the Small Business
Defender position, established under Act 168, Session Laws of
Hawaii 1998, and other support personnel.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the National Federation of
Independent Business Hawaii, the Hawaii Business League, and an
individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department
of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism testified in
support of the intent of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance 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 Third Reading.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair