STAND. COM. REP. NO. 478

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 727

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 727 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to expressly authorize the enactment of county ordinances deemed necessary to protect property and preserve the order and security of the county and its inhabitants on any subject not inconsistent with the intent of state or federal statutes, rules, or regulations that do not disclose an intent that the statute, rule, or regulation be exclusive or uniform throughout the State.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Molokai Chamber of Commerce, Kapala IT, and two individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of the Corporation Counsel of the City and County of Honolulu.

 

     Your Committee finds that businesses face unnecessary challenges and burdens when county governments implement ordinances that conflict with accepted federal or state laws.  This measure promotes uniformity and consistency between county ordinances with state and federal statutes, rules, or regulations, which is necessary to ensure that businesses are able to effectively navigate expansion and growth across the State.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 727 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair