STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1446-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2753

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 S.B. No. 2753 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 increase the Small Business Regulatory Review Board's effectiveness in supporting small businesses in Hawaii and ensure that the Board's purview is clearly understood by all small business stakeholders, including state and county agencies, by clarifying the intent of the Board's powers when reviewing state and county administrative rules that impact small business.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Small Business Regulatory Review Board, Ocean Tourism Coalition, Quicksilver Charters, Calypso Charters, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and a concerned individual 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 S.B. No. 2753 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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CINDY EVANS, Chair