STAND. COM. REP. NO.750
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 954
H.D. 3
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. 954, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REGULATORY PROCESSES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the regulatory review and approval process under the automatic business permit, licenses, and approval scheme by, among other things:
(1) Establishing December 31, 2003, as the deadline in which affected agencies must adopt their rules;
(2) Mandating a one-year maximum time period for agencies that fail to meet the deadline;
(3) Redefining "business or development-relating permit, license, or approval";
(4) Requiring agencies that administers state permit programs that are delegated, authorized, or approved under federal law to review statutory references that may affect the agencies; and
(5) Requiring the Attorney General to assist in implementing this law.
The Office of Planning and Hawaii's Thousand Friends testified in support of the measure. The Public Utilities Commission, Hawaii Audubon Society, and a concerned citizen supported the intent of the measure and suggested amendments.
The Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., County of Hawaii, Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund, and the Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Exempting the Public Utilities Commission from the purview of the automatic permit approval requirements; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
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. 954, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 954, H.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |