STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1607-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 696

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 696, S.D. 1, H.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, among other things:

(1) Establishing a single fee for criminal history record checks or name inquiries, including checks by fingerprints and other identifying information, conducted by the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center (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 that conduct record checks on adult volunteers who have direct contact with the elderly or disabled; and

(4) Authorizing the Center to establish reasonable fees for services provided.

The Attorney General supported this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 696, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 696, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair