STAND. COM. REP. NO.1401-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2791
S.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2791, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Require individuals, who are either applying or were hired after July 1, 1990, for employment with the Hawaii State Public Library System (HSPLS)in positions which place them in proximity to children, to do the following:
(a) Submit sworn statements regarding any convictions for which incarceration is a sentencing option; and
(b) Consent to a criminal history check by the HSPLS, including fingerprinting for a Federal Bureau of Investigation record check; and
(2) Exempt the HSPLS from restrictions under section 831-3.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, against disqualifying individuals from public employment solely by reason of a prior conviction of a crime.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill from the HSPLS and the Attorney General.
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 S.B. No. 2791, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass 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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