STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2107

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2402

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2402 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,"

begs 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 Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

     Your Committee finds 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 Committee has 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.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2402, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2402, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing,

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair