STAND. COM. REP. NO.  989-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2329

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2329 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the statute of limitations governing Chapter 480, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to monopolies and restraint of trade, does not apply to the State and its agencies.

 

     The Office of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Hawaii Association for Justice testified in support of this measure.  Two concerned individuals testified in opposition to this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2329 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair