STAND. COM. REP. 627
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 285
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 285, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Require administrative rules (rules) to conform to related statutes;
(2) Provide for the automatic repeal of rules that have been adopted pursuant to a statute or ordinance that is repealed; and
(3) Modify the scope of the annual evaluation report by the Small Business Regulatory Review Board.
The Department of Human Resources Development, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and Land Use Research Foundation testified in support of this bill. An individual testified in support of this bill with proposed amendments. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism commented on this bill.
Your Committee finds that this bill will improve government efficiency by ensuring consistency between rules and statutes and ordinances.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 285, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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