STAND. COM. REP. NO. 217-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1864
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Business
Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 1864 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to streamline government
operations by automatically repealing outdated administrative
rules.

     Specifically, this bill automatically repeals, without
regard to the notification requirements of the Administrative
Procedures Law:

     (1)  Upon the effective date of this Act, any administrative
          rule that has been adopted pursuant to statute or
          ordinance that has been subsequently repealed; and

     (2)  Upon repeal of a statute or ordinance, any
          administrative rule that has been adopted pursuant to
          the repealed statute or ordinance.

     The Department of the Attorney General, the Building
Industry Association of Hawaii, the Hawaii Leeward Planning
Conference, the Hawaii Business League, the Land Use Research
Foundation of Hawaii, the Construction Industry Legislative
Organization, the National Federation of Independent Business,
the Hawaii Business Roundtable, the Kona-Kohala Chamber of
Commerce, the Big Island Business Council, and an individual

 
 
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testified in support of this measure.  The Office of the
Lieutenant Governor and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii
testified in support of the intent of this measure.  Testimony in
opposition to this measure was received from the Sierra Club,
Hawaii Chapter.  Comments were submitted by the Housing and
Community Development Corporation of Hawaii and the Hawaii Hotel
Association.

     Your Committee believes that this bill is an important step
in reducing the multitude of administrative rules that make it
burdensome for businesses to operate in the State.  This bill
streamlines the state regulatory process by repealing obsolete
laws, exempt from the Administrative Procedures Law, in a more
timely manner. 

     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 H.B. No. 1864 and recommends that it pass
Second Reading 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