STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1882-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2851

S.D. 1

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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2851, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Taxation and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that this statutory revision measure is submitted by the Legislative Reference Bureau pursuant to Chapter 23G, Hawaii Revised Statutes. All of the statutory amendments proposed by this measure are intended to be technical in nature to correct errors, omissions, or obsolete laws.

Your Committee notes that the Department of Taxation recommended a number of amendments in its comments. Accordingly, your Committee has adopted these recommendations and amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying the language in section 235-110.7(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to avoid ambiguity;

(2) Deleting the amendments to sections 241-1 and 241-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(3) Adding a savings clause; and

(4) Renumbering the remaining sections of the measure consecutively.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2851, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2851, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair