STAND. COM. REP. NO.2499

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2791

S.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2791, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make sex offenders ineligible for employment for any position within the Hawaii State Public Library System.

Your Committee finds that the state library system, staff, and patrons would benefit from an initiative to lessen instances of sexual harassment and abuse. The system would benefit from lessened liability, staff from improved morale, and patrons from a more wholesome environment. This latter point is especially important as library programs serve hundreds of children and teens from pre-schools, public and private schools, and adults daily at all 50 libraries. All stakeholders would appreciate the greater sense of security fostered by this measure as well.

Your Committee has amended the measure to correctly reflect the language of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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. 2791, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2791, S.D. 2.

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

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BRIAN KANNO, Chair