Bill Text: HI HB416 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Ziplines; DCCA ($)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-07 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cachola, Har excused (2). [HB416 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-HB416-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  171

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 416

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 416 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ZIPLINES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Zipline Oversight Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) and to create the Ziplines Special Fund for the operating costs of the Board.

 

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs respectfully opposed this measure citing the Auditor's Report No. 12-08 that concluded that the need to regulate zipline and canopy tour operators has not been established.  Also, DCCA expressed concern that the bill would require the regulation of commercial activity outside its jurisdiction.  Further, the Department of Budget and Finance (B&F) opposed the creation of the Ziplines Special Fund as unnecessary.   

 

     While your Committee understands and appreciates the opposition of DCCA and B&F to this measure, your Committee finds that public safety concerns warrant further scrutiny of the matter. 

 

    

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 416, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 416, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair