§201M-3 - Small business statement after public hearing. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§201M-3]  Small business statement after public hearing.  For any proposed rules that affect small business, the agency shall also submit a small business statement to the small business regulatory review board and the departmental advisory committee on small business after the public hearing is held.  This section shall not apply to emergency rules.  The small business statement required by this section shall provide the following information:

     (1)  A description of how opinions or comments from affected small business were solicited, a summary of the public and small business comments, and a summary of the agency's response to those com­ments;

     (2)  The number of persons who:

         (A)  Attended the public hearing;

         (B)  Testified at the hearing; and

         (C)  Submitted written comments; and

     (3)  If there was a request to change the proposed rule at the hearing in a way that affected small business, a statement of the reasons for adopt­ing the proposed rule without the requested change. [L 1998, c 168, pt of §2, §5; am L 2002, c 202, §5]