CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.70

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   S.B. No. 2711
                                  S.D. 1
                                  H.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




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

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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 2711, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:  

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee on
Conference, is to allow expedited repeal of obsolete
administrative rules, to create a legislative management
committee with oversight of agency rulemaking, and to require
agency justification for rules required by federal law but
exceeding minimum federal requirements.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference has
amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting its contents, with the exception of a
          provision requiring agency justification for rules

 
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          required by federal law but exceeding minimum federal
          requirements, and a provision requiring each agency to
          use flexible approaches in rulemaking;

     (2)  Reinserting from the Senate position a provision
          requiring the automatic repeal within six months of any
          rule adopted pursuant to a repealed statute or
          ordinance; and

     (3)  Making technical, non-substantive changes required by
          the amendments listed above.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2711, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 2711, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

  ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE           ON THE PART OF THE SENATE




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Rep. ROBERT N. HERKES             Sen. AVERY B. CHUMBLEY
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair



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Rep. RON MENOR                    Sen. MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair

 
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