STAND. COM. REP. NO.  606

 

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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1031 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 background checks on current and prospective employees and contractors who can access federal tax information.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General, Department of Taxation, Department of Human Services, and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations testified in support of the measure.  An individual testified in opposition.  

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050 to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 H.B. No. 1031, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1031, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair