STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1376

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 79

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 79, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE REVIEW TO DETERMINE WHETHER LARGE SCALE DOG BREEDERS SHOULD BE LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Auditor to conduct a sunrise review to determine whether large scale dog breeders should be licensed by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) and assess whether alternative agencies may be tasked with regulating large scale dog breeders.

 

     The Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of DCCA, Regulated Industries Complaints Office of DCCA, The Humane Society of the United States, and Hawaiian Humane Society testified in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 79, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

 

 

 

 

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair