STAND. COM. REP. NO. 70

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 221

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 221 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REGULATORY LICENSING REFORM ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate professional or vocational programs if they are found by the Auditor to be redundant or no longer necessary, by requiring the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to sunset them.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Employers' Chamber of Commerce.

Your Committee finds that this measure will help to expeditiously eliminate unnecessary programs that are a drain on manpower and resources, thus leading to a more efficient system.

Your Committee has amended this bill by adding language that states that if the Auditor finds a program should be eliminated, the program must immediately be terminated "absent any contrary action taken by the legislature". This amendment grants the Legislature the final say in whether a program should be terminated. Your Committee has also included a defective date of July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity and style.

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. 221, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 221, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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KENNETH HIRAKI, Chair