STAND. COM. REP. NO.  179-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2409

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2409 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Director of Commerce and Consumer affairs to enforce certain federal laws to protect military members and their families from abusive lending practices.

The Department of Defense State Liaison Office, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' Office of Consumer Protection, and Oahu Veterans Council testified in support of this measure.

     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. 2409 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair