STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1606

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1343

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 1343, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FEES AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure fair and stable fees are charged for various services provided by state agencies by removing administrative agencies' authority to establish fees and replacing administratively established fees with statutorily established fees.

     The Department of Health, University of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation opposed this bill.  The Department of Education submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1343, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1343, S.D. 2, 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