STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2841

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2880

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2880 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE SERVICE FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow all fees collected by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to be increased or decreased with the approval of the Governor instead of by statute rule.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Your Committee finds that section 92-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, enumerates the chapters that set fees, including those collected by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), that may be increased or decreased with the approval of the Governor. Currently, this list fails to capture all the fees that DCCA collects, and this list is cumbersome in itemizing the statutory chapters subject to DCCA's authority to increase or decrease its fees. This measure accordingly captures all existing and future DCCA fees and will avoid the need to further amend section 92-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, whenever DCCA's jurisdiction may change. Further, this measure will permit DCCA to better serve Hawaii residents by providing a uniform, fair, and timely mechanism for fee adjustments.

Your Committee further notes that section 3 of Act 193, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, which is effective July 1, 2020, already repeals chapter 481E from section 92-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Accordingly, amendments to this measure are necessary to ensure the appropriate existing statutory language is included.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2880, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2880, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair