STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1111-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 696
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 696, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to amend the law on criminal history record checks by:
(1) Providing a new, 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;
(2) Clarifying the electronic means by which a person may conduct a criminal history record name inquiry;
(3) Expanding the criminal history record check fee exemption to include nonprofit organizations for record checks conducted on adult volunteers who have direct contact with the elderly or the disabled; and
(4) Authorizing the Center to establish, by rules, reasonable fees for services provided.
The Department of the Attorney General supported this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2006, to reflect the current year; and
(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, 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. 696, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 696, S.D. 1, 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 |
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