STAND. COM. REP. NO.  740

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1728

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1728 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase government agency fiscal options during this economic downturn by giving administrative agencies more flexibility to increase fees and other nontax revenues from July 1, 2009, until July 1, 2015.

     The Department of Budget and Finance supported this bill.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Small Business Regulatory Review Board, Ocean Tourism Coalition, and several concerned individuals opposed this bill.

Your Committee amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1728, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1728, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair