STAND. COM. REP. NO. 35-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1956
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Economic Development and Business
Concerns and Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was
referred H.B. No. 1956 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist small businesses in
this State, by:

     (1)  Making the law enacting the Hawaii Small Business
          Regulatory Flexibility Act and the small business
          defender permanent;

     (2)  Transferring the Small Business Regulatory Board and
          the small business defender to the Department of Budget
          and Finance (B&F) for administrative purposes; and

     (3)  Appropriating funds for the small business defender.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, the National Federation of
Independent Business, the Small Business Regulatory Review Board,
the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, the Big Island Business
Council, and an individual.  The Department of Business, Economic
Development, and Tourism, B&F, the Hawaii Business League, and
the Small-Business Economic Revival Force submitted comments on
this measure.


 
 
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     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Economic Development and Business Concerns and
Consumer Protection and Commerce that are attached to this
report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1956 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Economic
                                   Development and Business
                                   Concerns and Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce,



___________________________        _____________________________
Ron Menor, Chair                   Robert N. Herkes, Chair
Committee on Consumer              Committee on Economic
Protection and Commerce            Development and Business
                                   Concerns