STAND. COM. REP. NO.  106-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2508

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2508 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTION AGENCIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify and strengthen enforcement provisions for exempt out-of-state collection agencies and increase fines for collection agencies regulated by the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

The Regulated Industries Complaints Office of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Collection Agencies Program of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs testified in support of this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 2508 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair