STAND. COM. REP. NO.663

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1173

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1173 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LODGING OR TENEMENT HOUSES, HOTELS, AND BOARDINGHOUSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Eliminate the necessity for county issuance of business licenses for the operation of lodging or tenement houses, hotels, and boardinghouses; and

(2) Repeal the $10 annual license fee.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the City and County of Honolulu and the Hawaii Hotel Association.

Your Committee finds that lodging or tenement houses, hotels, and boarding houses must comply with health, building, and zoning regulations and codes, and are regulated by both the state Department of Health and the county departments responsible for regulating building and zoning codes. Requiring a county business license in addition to this regulatory oversight is unnecessary, and is eliminated by this bill.

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1173, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1173, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair