STAND. COM. REP. NO.  564

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1428

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1428, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide greater support to small businesses by amending the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act to:

     (1)  Codify the Small Business Bill of Rights;

     (2)  Increase the number of Small Business Regulatory Review        Board (Review Board) members from eleven to thirteen;

     (3)  Remove the term limit restriction on the chairperson of        the Review Board; and

     (4)  Clarify language and definitions within the statute.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Review Board, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, National Federation of Independent Business, and Hawaii Business League testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1428, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair