STAND. COM. REP. NO.  989

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1213

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred S.B. No. 1213, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMITTING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Comptroller, with the assistance of the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, to convene a temporary task force to review and identify state and county rules affecting businesses, particularly with regard to county building permits, with a view toward streamlining the approval process for businesses through amendments or repeal of rules that may impose burdensome or unnecessary costs for businesses, especially small businesses.  This bill also requires the task force to make recommendations on amending or repealing rules and requires the Comptroller to submit a report to the Legislature on the findings and recommendations of the task force.

 

     The Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Accounting and General Services opposed this measure.

 

     In light of concerns raised in the public hearing, your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that the Comptroller is required to convene the initial meeting of the task force, and requiring the members of the task force to select a member from among them to serve as chairperson;

 

     (2)  Deleting the provision stipulating that the Comptroller determine the task force composition and, instead, delineating specific members of the task force;

 

     (3)  Instead of the Comptroller, requiring the task force to fulfill the reporting requirement contained in this measure;

 

     (4)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1213, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1213, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair