STAND. COM. REP. NO.  294-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2434

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2434 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMIT, LICENSE, AND APPROVAL APPLICATION PROCESSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to expedite the start of construction projects that are beneficial to the state's construction industry and economy by, among other things:

(1)  Authorizing each county to provide a third-party with permit, license, and approval processing review powers;

(2)  Establishing a time limit of a maximum of 45 days for the completion of a review and comment on the effect of a proposed project on historic or culturally relevant properties; and

(3)  Requiring that if a state or county agency has not established a maximum time period to grant or deny a permit, license, or approval then an application will be deemed approved 30 calendar days after submittal.

     The Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO; The Pacific Resource Partnership; Castle and Cooke Hawaii; Alexander and Baldwin, Inc.; Building Industry Association of Hawaii; and Land Use Research Foundation supported this bill.  The Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter opposed this measure.  The Contractors License Board submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2434, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2434, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair