STAND. COM. REP. NO.594

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 600

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 600, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to update business registration statutes to reflect modern business practices by:

(1) Reducing certain document filing fees and removing unnecessary burdens on registrants; and

(2) Clarifying and correcting ambiguities in business registration statutes.

The Business Registration Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 600, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair