STAND. COM. REP. NO.  611-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2530

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2530, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist law enforcement in its efforts to combat the illegal manufacturing of methamphetamine by requiring the Narcotics Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to maintain an electronic purchase logbook for sales of products containing pseudoephedrine.

     A concerned individual supported this bill.  DPS supported the intent of this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, 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 Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2530, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2530, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair