STAND. COM. REP. NO.  761-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2309

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2309, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase administrative fines for violations of Department of Health laws and rules from a maximum of $1,000 per day to $3,000 per day; provided that the maximum administrative penalty shall be adjusted for inflation on an annual basis.

 

     The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii and Hawaii Food Industry Association testified in opposition.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2309, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair