STAND. COM. REP. NO. 939

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 798
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 798, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NOISE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify the jurisdiction over
Convention Center noise issues.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
State Department of Health, the Convention Center Authority, the
Yacht Harbor Towers Board of Directors, and a concerned
individual.

     Testimony in opposition to this bill was received from a
concerned individual.

     Your Committee finds that the proposed amendments will
provide an adequate mechanism for noise control at the Convention
Center. 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying that authority to regulate noise at the
          Convention Center will lie with the Department of
          Health; and

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

 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 798, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 798, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair