STAND. COM. REP. NO.  362

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 143

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 143 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that a license applicant does not have a significant privacy interest in records that show relevant experience, trade examination results, or adequate bonding, and are thus subject to disclosure.

The Iron Workers Stabilization Fund and Common Cause Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Information Practices provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the prefatory phrase "Notwithstanding any law to the contrary," to section 92F-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to disclosure of government records and significant privacy interest; and

     (2)  Specifying that the records that show relevant experience, trade examination results, or adequate bonding, which is subject to disclosure is limited to licensees only.

     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. 143, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 143, H.D. 1, 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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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair