Thanks Monks here is what I ended up with 

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

open(RULES, $ARGV[0]) or die "Failed Open : $!\n";

#%GROUP    ALSMS_consolidation
#%CHPTR    ALSMS_consolidation
#%SBCH1    WORK_switch_id

print "group ^ chapter ^ name ^ description\n";


while(<RULES>) {

    chomp;

    @line=split /\s+/;

    if(/^\%SBCH1/) {
        foreach my $key (keys %outer) {
            print "$key: ", join(", ", @{$outer{$key}}), "\n\n";
        }
        %outer=();
    }

    if(/^\%GROUP/) {
        $group=$line[1];
    }
    if(/^\%CHPTR/) {
        $chapter=$line[1];
    }
    else {

        if(/^\%/) {
            $tag=$line[0];
            shift @line;
            $full = join ' ', @line;
            push(@{$outer{$tag}}, $full)

        }
    }

}

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