STAND. COM. REP. NO.  517-12

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 Consumer Protection & Commerce, 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 Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawai‘i Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, and the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce 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 be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair