STAND. COM. REP. NO. 638-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2473
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2473 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to place certain provisions
adopted as Hawaii Administrative Rules regarding insurance into
the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer
Affairs.  

     Testimony in support of this measure, with proposed
amendments, was submitted by State Farm Insurance Companies.

     Testimony commenting on this measure was submitted by the
Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii.

     Your Committee has made the following amendments to this
measure:

     (1)  Page 18, line 5 to page 19, line 2, removed due to the
          fact that these provisions are inconsistent with
          current sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS);


 
 
 
 
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     (2)  Page 24, line 20 to page 25, line 16, removed because
          these definitions are inconsistent with current
          provisions of the HRS; and

     (3)  Technical nonsubstantive amendments for proposes of
          clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2473, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2473, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce,



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair