STAND. COM. REP. NO.  33-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 2235

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 2235 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY REVIEW BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure that the Small Business Regulatory Review Board's purview is clearly understood by all small business stakeholders, including state and county agencies, by clarifying that the Small Business Regulatory Review Board may review and comment on state and county administrative rules that impact small business during the adoption or amendment process.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Ocean Tourism Coalition, Hawaii Business League, The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Small Business and Economic Development Committee, and Chair of Region IX of the United States Small Business Administration Regulatory Fairness Board testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2235 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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CINDY EVANS, Chair