STAND. COM. REP. NO. 536-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: H.B. No. 2650

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2650 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

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

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

Your Committee received comments on this measure from 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.

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 H.B. No. 2650 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 Judiciary,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair