STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1240

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1414

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1414, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO METAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make permanent the prohibition against stealing beer kegs and the documentation requirements for scrap metal dealers contained in Act 53, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008.

     This measure also makes permanent the offense of theft of copper, the documentation requirements for the sale of copper to scrap metal dealers, and related penalties contained in Act 197, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007.

     Pursuant to Acts 53 and 197, the statutory provisions relating to the theft of beer kegs and copper will sunset on July 1, 2009.  Your Committee finds that the prohibitions, record‑keeping requirements, and penalties contained in the current law have proven effective at deterring the theft of beer kegs and copper, and accordingly, these provisions should be made permanent.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1414, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1414, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair