STAND. COM. REP. NO.  895

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 587

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 587, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to recognize the importance of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board to small businesses and Hawaii's economy by appropriating funds to provide more resources to the Board.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Small Business Regulatory Review Board; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Maui Chamber of Commerce; Hawaii Farm Bureau; Building Industry Association of Hawaii; and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 587, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair