STAND. COM. REP. NO. 150-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2469
                                     




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. 2469 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBPOENAS ISSUED BY THE
     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purposes of this bill are: (1) to permit the Director of
the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) to
delegate subpoena issuing authority to the Director's designee;
and (2) to establish a rate of reimbursement to be paid to
financial institutions for searching, reproducing, and/or
transporting books, papers, documents, or other objects
designated by the subpoena in amounts no greater than those paid
by the Department of the Attorney General and Office of the
Prosecuting Attorney as provided in Hawaii Revised Statutes
section 28-2.5.
     
     Your Committee received testimony supporting this bill from
the DCCA.  Testimony in opposition was submitted by the Hawaii
Bankers Association and the Hawaii League of Savings
Institutions.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that are attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2469 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.


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



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair