STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3236

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2418
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2418, S.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reform the laws regarding
certificates of identification (popularly known as "state IDs").

     Specifically, this bill makes the certificate holder's
birthday the expiration date, reduces fees for persons sixty-five
years old or older and allows them to renew their certificates by
mail, and authorizes the Attorney General to allow persons with
physical or mental disabilities to renew their certificates by
mail.

     Your Committee finds that having had all certificates of
identification expire on December 31, 1999, created undue
hardship for certificate holders as well as the Attorney
General's office.  Your Committee finds that having expiration
dates coincide with the certificate holders' birthdays will
facilitate more efficient processing of renewals.

     Furthermore, your Committee finds that the renewal crisis
also highlighted the hardships faced by the elderly and disabled

 
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when renewing their certificates in person.  This bill
simultaneously helps to alleviate those problems.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2418, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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