STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3272

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2469
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No.
2469, H.D. 1, 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 purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to allow the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to
delegate the Director's subpoena power.

     Your Committee finds that the department's regulatory
authority under various provisions of law may require that the
Director, from time to time, issue subpoenas to compel testimony
or documents during investigations conducted by the department.
While your Committee acknowledges that placing such authority
solely with the Director may be cumbersome, your Committee also
believes that such authority should not be delegated further than
the Deputy Director of the department who would otherwise act on
behalf of the Director.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure to allow the Director to delegate subpoena authority to
the Deputy Director. 


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2469, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2469, H.D.
1, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



                                   ______________________________
                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



                                   ______________________________
                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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