STAND. COM. REP. NO.  699-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2692

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2692 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING VARIOUS HOUSEKEEPING AMENDMENTS TO VOLUME 11 OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, AND CLARIFYING LANGUAGE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to amend various sections of volume 11 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to correct errors and clarify language.

     Your Committees find that all of the statutory amendments proposed by the measure are of a housekeeping nature and are done simply to correct the types of errors noted in the title of this bill.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

(1)  Deleting the amendments to sections 482E-6 and 489D-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as proposed in sections 48 and 79 of this bill, respectively; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2692, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2692, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary,

____________________________ TOMMY WATERS, Chair

____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair