STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1456-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 118

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

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.C.R. No. 118 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A SUNRISE REVIEW OF REGULATIONS FOR ZIPLINES AND CANOPY TOURS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to perform a sunrise review on the regulation of ziplines and canopy tours as proposed in House Bill No. 2060, Regular Session of 2012, including an assessment of alternative forms of regulation.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Legislature is currently considering legislation that would establish standards and regulations for operators of ziplines and canopy tours.  This measure satisfies the requirement of section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that the Auditor perform a review prior to the enactment of a measure that would subject an unregulated profession or vocation to licensing or other regulatory control.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting references to House Bill No. 2060 and instead providing that the Auditor is requested to perform a sunrise review on the regulation of ziplines and canopy tours as proposed in legislation during the Regular Session of 2012.

 

     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 H.C.R. No. 118, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 118, H.D. 1.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair