STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3196

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2020
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No.
2020 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OBSOLETE LAWS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal or make conforming
amendments to various laws that have either been repealed by
implication, or by their own terms by operation of law, and are
now deemed to be "functus", that is, they have accomplished their
intended purpose and are of no further force or effect.

     Your Committee finds that there is a need to remove these
obsolete laws for several reasons.  A statute that remains in the
printed text of the Hawaii Revised Statutes from year to year but
which has been repealed by operation of law or by implication
unnecessarily increases the size of the Hawaii Revised Statutes,
thereby adding to production costs.  Retention of such a statute
may also create some confusion that the law, while repealed, is
still retained "on the books."  Your Committee finds that
repealing or amending these sections, as appropriate, assists in
the removal of obsolete laws and helps to clarify the intent of
the legislature as to which laws are of continuing force and
effect.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Building Industry Association, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii,
and the National Federation of Independent Business.
Informational testimony was submitted by the Legislative

 
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Reference Bureau.  The Department of Accounting and General
Services submitted testimony in support of section 3 of this
bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2020 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on
the calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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