STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3542

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.C.R. No. 65
                                        H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and
Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 65, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO STUDY
     THE NEED FOR REGULATING THE ALARM INDUSTRY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to facilitate an assessment
of the need for the regulation of the alarm industry.

     The Honolulu Police Department submitted testimony on the
measure.

     House Bill No. 2125, introduced this session, proposes to
regulate the alarm industry.  State policy, as established in
section 26H-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), is to undertake the
regulation and licensing of professions and vocations only where
reasonably necessary to protect the health, safety, or welfare of
consumers.  Therefore, pursuant to section 26H-6, HRS, this
measure authorizes the auditor to conduct an analysis of the
probable effects of the proposed regulation, determine whether
regulation is consistent with state policy, and assess
alternative forms of regulation.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Transportation
and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report,
your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R.

 
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No. 65, H.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Commerce and
                                   Consumer Protection and
                                   Transportation and
                                   Intergovernmental Affairs,



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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair                BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair



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                                   BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 
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