STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1706

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2021

 

RE:   S.B. No. 873

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 873, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTESTED CASES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the use of interactive conference technology for contested case hearings.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, and Maunakea Observatories.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from one individual.

 

     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 S.B. No. 873, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 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