STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1333

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 587

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 587, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to provide additional resources for the Small Business Regulatory Review Board.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Small Business Regulatory Review Board; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Hawaii Farm Bureau; Maui Chamber of Commerce; and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Small Business Regulatory Review Board plays a critical role by providing small business a voice within government during the rulemaking process.  Your Committee further finds that this program supports Hawaii's economy by addressing a range of small business concerns.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2060, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     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 H.B. No. 587, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 587, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair