STAND. COM. REP. NO.559
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 986
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 986 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of the bill is to create the offense of manufacturing a deceptive identification document as a class C felony.
Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Department of the Attorney General, the Department of the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney, and the Retail Merchants of Hawaii.
Your Committee amended the bill by:
(1) Inserting the additional prohibitions of the sale of or offer to sell deceptive identification documents; and
(2) Making technical and nonsubstantive changes for clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 986, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 986, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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