STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1336

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 158
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Judiciary and Education and Technology,
to which was referred S.C.R. No. 158 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE
     REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY
     POTENTIAL LEGISLATION ON COMPUTER CRIMES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the
Legislative Reference Bureau convene a working group to study
possible legislation relating to unlawful activities conducted on
personal computers.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Honolulu Police Department.

     Your Committees find that the growth of technology and the
increased use of personal computers has caused an increase in
criminal activity conducted by and through computers.
Unfortunately, criminal laws have not necessarily kept up with
the new technology to cover these activities and abuses.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by adding the
Honolulu Police Department to the working group and deleting the
paragraph with the language providing that representatives shall
be deemed to speak on behalf of the organizations and that
organizations that do not participate shall be deemed to support
the working group unless they formally refuse participation.


 
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     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Judiciary and Education and Technology that are
attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 158, as amended herein, and recommend
that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the
form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 158, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Judiciary and
                                   Education and Technology,



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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair                AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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