STAND. COM. REP. NO. 65
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 602
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 602 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Clarify and amend the Small Business Regulatory Act (Act) to include provisions establishing when an agency must submit its small business impact statement to the Small Business Regulatory Board (Board);
(2) Add a definition of "rule" to clarify that state and county administrative rules but not other procedural or planning documents are subject to the provisions of the Act; and
(3) Make housekeeping amendments to the provisions of the statute that relate to actions to be taken by the Board and rule-drafting agencies regarding rules adopted before the Act itself was adopted.
The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, National Federation of Independent Business, and Vision Properties testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee finds that the various amendments to the Small Business Regulatory Act in this bill will benefit businesses by developing more efficient and focused governmental and review board attention to the impact of business-related rules.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 602 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,
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____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair |
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