STAND. COM. REP. NO. 522-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2129
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2129 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PAWN BROKERS AND SECONDHAND
     DEALERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Amend Section 486M-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to
          require secondhand dealers and pawn brokers to legibly
          record information upon receipt of an article; and 

     (2)  Require specific forms of identification of the person
          who provides articles to secondhand dealers and pawn
          brokers by amending Section 486M-1, HRS, to include a
          new definition of "government issued identification."
 
     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii Pawnbrokers' Association, and
Oahu Pawnbrokers Association.

     Your Committee has amended the definition of "government
issued identification" to include a drivers license issued by a
"city" and "federally recognized tribe".


 
 
 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2129, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2129, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce,



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair