STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1211

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1640

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1640, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF IDENTIFICATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to mandate the Department of the Attorney General to work with the counties to allow county employees to issue certificates of identification at the same locations where driver's licenses are issued.

     Your Committee finds that certificates of identification are available from only a few locations throughout the State.  This measure would significantly improve access to certificates of identification for Hawaii's residents. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Making this measure effective upon approval rather than effective on January 7, 2059; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1640, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1640, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair