STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1694

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.R. No. 198

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Legislative Management, to which was referred H.R. No. 198 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE IDENTITY THEFT TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY WAYS IN WHICH THE PROCESS OF NOTARIZING DOCUMENTS CAN BE IMPROVED TO REDUCE IDENTITY THEFT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the Attorney General and the Identity Theft Task Force to identify ways in which the process of notarizing documents can be improved to reduce identity theft, by requiring the notary's seal to be placed over the succinct phrase identifying the nature of the document and the underlying transaction.

     Various individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Legislative Management also respectfully requests that the Judiciary Committee in its review of this measure consider limiting the intent to the transfers of real property and instances susceptible to identity theft.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Legislative Management that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 198 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Legislative Management,

____________________________ MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair

____________________________ ANGUS MCKELVEY, Acting Chair and Vice Chair