STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2579

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2758

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2758 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify or correct errors, ambiguities, and inconsistencies in Hawaii's business registration laws.

 

     Your Committee finds that this housekeeping measure will facilitate compliance with and efficient administration of Hawaii's business registration laws.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that registered agents maintained by nonprofit corporations pursuant to section 414D-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, must fall into one of the categories listed in that section; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 2758, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2758, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair