STAND. COM. REP. NO.  169-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2496

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 2496 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify and correct ambiguities and errors in Hawaii's business registration laws.

The Business Registration Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools testified in support of 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2496 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair