STAND. COM. REP. NO. 761

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1103

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1103, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EFFECTIVE LEGISLATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a commission on effective legislation to conduct an ongoing review of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to determine which of these statutes should be repealed or amended.

 

     Your Committee finds that the ongoing review carried out by the commission established in this measure will improve the effectiveness of the State's codified legislation by identifying legislation that is duplicative, obsolete, or otherwise in need of fixing "disconnects".  This in turn will help to reduce the number of "housekeeping" measures that take up a great deal of the Legislature's time.

 

     Your Committee received two written comments on this measure.  The written comments submitted may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1103, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair