STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1163

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 602

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 602, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to prevent stolen property from being sold to pawn shops by requiring pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers to file daily electronic transaction reports with the police department.

The Hawaii Tourism Authority and Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this bill. The Video Software Dealers Association suggested amendments. The Hawaii Pawnbrokers Association and a concerned individual opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Providing that a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer may continue using existing software that is deemed by the police department to be sufficient to meet the electronic reporting requirements;

(2) Establishing a temporary working group within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to review and discuss the feasibility of the bill's electronic reporting requirements;

(3) Appropriating funds to:

(a) The temporary working group to carry out its duties; and

(b) The police department of each county to implement the electronic reporting requirements;

(4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2005, except the provisions for electronic reporting which shall take effect on July 1, 2008; and

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

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 S.B. No. 602, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 602, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair