STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1252-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2906

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2906, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF GOOD STANDING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the filing fee for the issuance of certificates of good standing.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and Retail Merchants of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to promote 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 S.B. No. 2906, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2906, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair