STAND. COM. REP. NO.  880

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 894

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 894, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to exempt individuals soliciting only insurance for property stored at a self-service storage facility from obtaining a license as an insurance producer provided that specific requirements are met.

 

     The Self Storage Association testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs testified in opposition to this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 894, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair