CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. -0 108-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 696
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 696, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to provide a single fee for criminal history record checks by name, fingerprints, and other identifying information conducted by the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center and other state and county agencies. In addition, this measure:
(1) Updates the fee schedule for criminal history record check services to include criminal history record checks done via an interactive computer-based system; and
(2) Extends the fee exemption to include nonprofit charitable organizations for criminal history record checks conducted on adult volunteers having direct contact with the elderly and disabled.
The fees charged for criminal history record checks have remained unchanged since 1998. Making the same fee applicable to criminal history record checks whether conducted by name inquiry or fingerprint based may encourage an increase in fingerprint based checks. In addition, expanding the exemption to criminal history record checks fees to include volunteers of nonprofit charitable organizations who have direct contact with seniors or disabled individuals will provide financial relief to these organizations and will encourage more checks on volunteers to protect vulnerable populations.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure to change the effective date to July 1, 2006.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 696, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 696, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair |
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____________________________ SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
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