STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1268

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1126

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1126, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the operating budget for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 for the Professional and Vocational Licensing Program of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA).

This measure also:

(1) Establishes criteria for DCCA to determine the amounts to be assessed for fees and expenses regulated under title 25, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

(2) Provides for the reduction or cessation of fees or interest to be paid into certain professional and vocational licensing and education funds, once those funds attain a certain funding level.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and University of Hawai‘i System provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

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. 1126, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1126, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair