STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1097-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.R. No. 58
                                     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.R. No. 58 entitled: 

     "HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO STUDY THE NEED
     FOR REGULATING THE ALARM INDUSTRY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request a sunrise
evaluation of the regulatory controls to be imposed on the
currently unregulated security alarm industry under H.B. No.
2125, a bill introduced in the 2000 regular legislative session.
The evaluation is to be performed by the Auditor as required
under section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Testimony supporting this resolution was provided by the
Honolulu Police Department.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requesting that in addition to assessing costs to the
          regulating agency and the alarm industry, the Auditor
          evaluate costs to alarm users;

     (2)  Correcting the due date for submission of the Auditor's
          report to twenty days prior to the Regular Session of
          2001, as opposed to the Regular Session of 2000; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity
          and style.

 
 
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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 concurs with the intent and purpose
of H.R. No. 58, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Legislative Management in the form
attached hereto as H.R. No. 58, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair