STAND. COM. REP. NO.  919

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1334

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1334 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend the authority to increase or decrease professional and vocational licensing fees to 30 additional licensing programs under the Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA).

     The Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of DCCA, National Association of Social Workers, Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii, and Hawaii Psychological Association testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2008.

     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. 1334, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1334, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair