STAND. COM. REP. NO. 890

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1107
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
1107 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
     OF IDENTIFICATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the use of an alternate
number as the state identification number and to remove the
requirement of displaying an individual's social security number,
issue date, attorney general's signature, and registrar's
signature on the state identification card.  It also proposes to
change the designated fingerprints to be obtained and retained by
the attorney general.

     Your Committee finds that there has been a growing concern
over the display of an individual's social security number on the
state identification card.  An increasing number of individuals
have requested that their social security number not be displayed
on the identification card because of their fear of potential
fraud.  Your Committee further finds that there are many
individuals who are not able to obtain a social security number
since the Social Security Administration recently adopted a
policy of only issuing a social security number to those
individuals authorized to work in the United States.

     Although your Committee recognizes that the lack of a social
security number on the state identification card might diminish
the value of its use as a personal identification card, your

 
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Committee notes that Department of the Attorney General testified
that the major financial institutions and the Retail Merchants
Association have indicated that their members would accept a
state identification card with an alternate identification number
for check writing purposes.  Similarly, the Department testified
that it contacted Voter Registration who also indicated that such
an identification card would be acceptable at the polling sites
because the photograph, date of birth, and signature of the
cardholder could be used to verify a person's identification.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of the Attorney General.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1107 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on
the calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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