STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2895

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

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




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2129, H.D. 1, 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 require secondhand dealers
and pawn brokers to legibly record transaction information and to
require government issued identification, in the absence of a
Hawaii driver's license, to satisfy the identification
requirement under section 486M-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Honolulu Police Department, and the Hawaii Pawnbrokers'
Association.

     Your Committee finds that imposing legibility requirements
and requiring government issued identification to satisfy the
identification requirement for transactions with pawnbrokers or
secondary dealers will address the problem of inconsistent
record-keeping by pawnbrokers and secondary dealers, which in the
event of theft, impedes law enforcement investigations.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2129, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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



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                                   BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair



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                                   BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 
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