STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1308-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.C.R. No. 194

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 194 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A STATEWIDE ELECTRONIC REPORTING SYSTEM FOR PAWN SHOPS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to, among other things, reduce recovery time for stolen property, allow law enforcement officials to inspect and track transactions in a timelier manner, and aid in the recovery of stolen property by requesting the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to convene a working group to examine the feasibility of establishing a unified statewide electronic reporting system for pawnshops.

An individual provided testimony in support of this measure.  The State Procurement Office provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs provided comments on this measure.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Allowing the designee of the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to serve as the chairperson of the working group;

     (2)  Including a member from the Office of Information Management and Technology on the working group; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 194, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 194, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary,

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair