STAND. COM. REP. NO. 251-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2582
                                     




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. 2582 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to streamline government and
increase government efficiency by expediting the process for the
repeal of administrative rules that are either obsolete or
unauthorized.

     Specifically, this bill specifies that where a department or
agency seeks only to repeal null and void or unnecessary
administrative rules, the department or agency need only to:

     (1)  Give thirty days' public notice at least once statewide
          of the proposed date of appeal that include:

          (a)  A list of those sections, subchapters, and
               chapters that are being repealed; and

          (b)  A statement of when, where, and the time the rules
               that are proposed to be repealed may be reviewed
               in person;

          and

     (2)  Post the full text of the proposed rules to be repealed
          on the Internet.

 
 
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     This bill also specifies that departments and agencies that
propose to adopt, amend, or compile administrative rules, whether
separately or in combination with the repeal of rules, must
continue to comply with the existing requirements of the Hawaii
Administrative Procedure Act.

     The Office of the Lieutenant Governor (Office), the
Department of Accounting and General Services, the Land Use
Research Foundation of Hawaii, the Small Business Regulatory
Review Board, and an individual testified in support of this
measure.  The Estate of James Campbell, the Hawaii Island
Economic Development Board, and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii
testified in support of the intent of the measure.

     The Office testified that this bill is part of a package of
bills being recommended for action by the Office's "Slice Waste
and Tape" (SWAT) reform initiative to reduce the regulatory
burdens on businesses and to improve government efficiency.

     Your Committee believes that the expedited repeal process
under this bill will help eliminate the potential confusion that
is caused by keeping so many null and void and unnecessary rules
on the books.

     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. 2582 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