STAND. COM. REP. NO. 573

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1109

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1109 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULE MAKING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist the administrative rulemaking process by requiring that before the adoption or repeal of a rule, electronic notice of the proposed rulemaking be provided to all persons who have made a timely written request to the adopting agency for advance notice of its rulemaking proceedings.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that providing additional notice electronically allows for interested persons to be afforded notice of proposed rulemaking in a more timely and expedient manner than traditional mail and has minimal cost implications.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1109 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 & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair