STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1755

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 111

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 111, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE REVIEW OF THE REGULATION OF LARGE-SCALE DOG BREEDERS AND DOG BREEDING FACILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to protect the public and ensure the health and safety of dogs by requesting the Auditor to conduct a sunrise review of Senate Bill No. 1522, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, Regular Session of 2011, requiring the regulation of large-scale dog breeders and dog-breeding facilities, pursuant to Section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes. 

 

     The Regulated Industries Complaints Office and Professional Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, The Humane Society of the United States, and the Hawaiian Humane Society supported this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 111, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair