STAND. COM. REP. NO. 742-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1863
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.B. No. 1863, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require that state or
county agencies adopting rules in response to federal provisions
impose only the minimum regulatory requirements necessary for
compliance, except that stricter requirements may be adopted if
the proposing agency drafts a justification document for
submittal to the governor or mayor and also submits the draft
rules and supporting documentation to the next legislature.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Building Industry Association of Hawaii, Small-Business Economic
Revival Force, Big Island Business Council, Kona-Kohala Chamber
of Commerce, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, General
Contractors Association of Hawaii, Construction Industry
Legislative Organization, and the Hawaii Association of Realtors.

     Testimony in support of this measure, with proposed
amendments, was submitted by the Attorney General.

     Testimony in opposition to this measure, with respect to
requiring administrative rules to meet only minimum federal
regulatory requirements, was submitted by the Department of
Health.  The Sierra Club submitted testimony in opposition to
this measure.

 
 
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     Your Committee has amended page 1, lines 15-18, of this
measure to require state or county agencies adopting rules
required by federal provisions to make the rules and written
statement of justification available for review by the mayor of
the county, legislature, or governor.

     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 H.B. No. 1863, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 1863, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair