STAND. COM. REP. NO. 263

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1029
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Business
Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 1029 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMIT PROCESSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make improvements to the
consolidated application process by:

     (1)  Changing its name to "facilitated application process";

     (2)  Expanding the membership of the Permit Process Task
          Force (Task Force);

     (3)  Limiting the Task Force's purpose of facilitating the
          state permit approval process to county building permit
          applications requiring state agency approval; and

     (4)  Providing a sunset date of the Task Force to June 30,
          2002.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and
Tourism submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The
Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, testified in opposition to this
measure.

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

 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1029, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 1029, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee
on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development and Business
                                   Concerns,



                                   ______________________________
                                   ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair