STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1313-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2293
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2293 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     1.  Require the Insurance Commissioner to render a decision
         on any filing with the Insurance Division within thirty
         days, or such filing will become law; and 

     2.  Repeal the requirement that the Insurance Commissioner
         hold public hearings on workers' compensation rate
         filings.

     Testimony was received in support of this measure from the
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by specifying thirty
"calendar" days to avoid confusion.
     
     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2293, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
2293, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.


 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce,



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair