STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2902

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2736
                                        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. 2736, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IDENTITY THEFT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to criminalize identity
theft.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Honolulu Police Department and the Hawaii League of Savings
Institutions.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will address the
growing problem of unauthorized usage of personal information in
the furtherance of thefts by creating the tools needed for
successful arrests and prosecutions of perpetrators of identity
theft.

     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. 2736, 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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