CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 29

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   S.B. No. 365
                                  S.D. 1
                                  H.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 365, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION," 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that:

     (1)  Individuals and the State (as parens patriae in class
          actions) as indirect purchasers injured by an illegal
          overcharge, shall be allowed to recover threefold
          compensatory damages for injuries sustained; and

     (2)  Consent decrees resulting from antitrust actions become
          effective upon filing.

     Your Commitee on Conference, upon further consideration of
has amended this measure by deleting its contents and creating a
new chapter in Hawa Revised Statutes that:

 
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     (1)  Prohibits the sale of laser pointing devices (LPDs) to
          minors;

     (2)  Prohibits the use of LPDs by persons over 18 years-old
          to harass another person or an animal;

     (3)  Prohibits the possession of LPDs by minors;

     (4)  Establishes an exception for the use of LPDs by minors
          in commercial laser tag activities; and

     (5)  Establishes penalties for violations of the law.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of S.B. No. 365, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 365, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 
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                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
            HOUSE                             SENATE
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
PAUL T. OSHIRO, Co-Chair           BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
RON MENOR, Co-Chair                BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
NESTOR R. GARCIA, Member           ROBERT BUNDA, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
MARILYN B. LEE, Member             LES IHARA, JR., Member



______________________________
PAUL C. WHALEN, Member


 
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