STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1090

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1128

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 1128 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO METAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to deter scrap metal theft by making permanent the provisions of Act 53, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2008, which established a misdemeanor offense for thefts of metal beer kegs and imposed additional documentation requirements for scrap dealer purchases of beer kegs.

     Anheuser Busch Companies testified in support of this bill.

     Act 53, SLH 2008, was passed in response to reports of metal beer kegs being stolen at escalating rates, largely because they could be redeemed for fast cash at scrap dealerships.  By making the provisions of this law permanent, this measure will maintain ongoing efforts to deter another rising form of scrap metal theft.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1128 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair