STAND. COM. REP. NO. 115-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1959
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and
Economic Development and Business Concerns, to which was referred
H.B. No. 1959 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII
     STATE CONSTITUTION DIRECTING THE LEGISLATURE TO REFRAIN FROM
     ENACTING LAWS THAT AFFECT CONSUMERS UNLESS THE LAW IS
     BENEFICIAL TO CONSUMERS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to propose a state
constitutional amendment to prohibit the legislature from
enacting laws whose primary impact is on consumers, unless that
impact is beneficial to consumers.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and the Kona-Kohala Chamber of
Commerce.

     Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the
ILWU local 142.

     Testimony commenting on this measure was provided by the
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Economic
Development and Business Concerns that are attached to this
report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose

 
 
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of H.B. No. 1959 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.


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

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair            RON MENOR, Chair