STAND. COM. REP. NO.  206

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1056

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 1056 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A REGULATORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce the regulatory burdens that administrative rules place on small businesses by making an appropriation for a boards and commissions administrative assistant position to assist the Small Business Regulatory Review Board (Review Board).

     The Review Board, Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company, and a concerned individual submitted testimony in support of the bill.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of the bill.

     Your Committee finds that the Review Board is responsible for reviewing any rule adopted by a state agency at the request of a small business owner, and recommending rule or statutory changes.  Your Committee heard testimony that temporary employees have been assigned to assist the Review Board in the past.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2034, to allow further discussion on this measure; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1056, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1056, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair