STAND. COM. REP. NO.  732

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1031

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1031, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable compliance with Internal Revenue Service requirements and ensure the security of federal tax information by authorizing the Department of Taxation, Department of Human Services, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and Child Support Enforcement Agency to perform criminal history record checks on current and prospective employees and contractors who can access federal tax information.

The Department of Taxation, Department of the Attorney General, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and Department of Human Services testified in support of this measure. The Mayor of the County of Hawaii commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1031, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair