STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1049_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1170
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1170, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COST-RECOVERY FEES FOR
     DELINQUENT LIBRARY ACCOUNTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make the library system more
efficient by authorizing the Board of Education to charge fees
for:

     (1)  The recovery of the costs of lost books and the
          collection of overdue fines and fees;

     (2)  Seminars and workshops; and

     (3)  The use of various research and reference materials
          requiring special equipment to read.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and
Information Services commented on the bill.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by:

     (1)  Creating an exemption for contracts with the library
          system from the statute that prohibits collection
          agencies from collecting collection fees or commissions
          from debtors; and

 
 
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     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for purposes
          of style and clarity.

     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.
1170, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1170, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair