STAND. COM. REP. NO. 195

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1343

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1343 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish fees in statute for various administrative transactions that were previously set by administrative rule.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the intent of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Testimony in opposition was received from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; and the Department of Education.  Comments were received from the Hawaii Community Development Authority.  Copies of written testimony are available for review on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Deleting the provision establishing the penalties relating to dam and reservoir violations;

(2)  Deleting the provisions relating to the A-plus program and after-school programs;

(3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussions on this matter; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1343, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1343, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair