STAND. COM. REP. NO. 135-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1626

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1626 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CEMETERIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to limit the liability of volunteers and organizations that provide volunteers who maintain or repair cemetery grounds.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Accounting and General Services, and one individual testified in support of this measure. The Hawaii Association for Justice testified in opposition.

Your Committee has amended this measure as follows:

(1) Clarifying that the proposed statutory section applies to volunteers by changing "persons" in its title to "volunteers"; and

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.

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. 1626, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1626, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair