STAND. COM. REP. NO. 831-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2087
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2087, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JUVENILES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Allow access to juvenile records by school officials
          and persons involved in the treatment and supervision
          of minors in the areas of child abuse and law
          enforcement; and

     (2)  Require the Family Court to inform the minor's school
          district superintendent or chief administrator of the
          Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, that the
          minor has been found to have committed certain felonies
          or misdemeanors, and allow the information to be
          disclosed to teachers or administrators responsible for
          direct supervision or monitoring of the minor.

     The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and
County of Honolulu, the Department of Education, the Office of
the District Superintendent for Windward Oahu, the Hawaii State
Teachers Association, the Hawaii Coalition Against Legalized
Gambling, and concerned individuals testified in support of the
measure.  The Judiciary and the Office of the Public Defender
testified against the measure.  The Department of the Attorney
General and the Department of Human Services provided comments.

 
 
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     Your Committee finds that educators and administrators in
public and private schools express the need to access minors'
court records.  However, many issues remain unresolved, such as
security of confidentiality.  Your Committee finds that further
discussion is warranted at conference on these important matters.

     Your Committee amended the bill by:

     (1)  Increasing the penalty for the offense of violating
          confidentiality by creating a class C felony and by
          creating civil fines between $1000 to $10,000;

     (2)  Deleting the effective date of the bill; and

     (3)  Making technical, and nonsubstantive changes for the
          purpose of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2087, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 2087, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair