STAND. COM. REP. NO. 980

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 696

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 696 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the fee that may be charged for a criminal history record check and also to make the same fee applicable for each criminal history record name inquiry.

In addition, the measure also:

(1) Provides new definitions of "criminal history record check" and "criminal history record name inquiry";

(2) Clarifies when the fee for certified printouts for each criminal history record name inquiry should be applied;

(3) Repeals the separate $25 fee for each fingerprint based search of the automated fingerprint identification system or manual fingerprint files;

(4) Expands the criminal history record check fee exemption to include criminal history record checks requested by nonprofit organizations that request these record checks on adult volunteers who have direct contact with the elderly and the disabled; and

(5) Authorizes the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to establish, by rules, reasonable fees for services provided.

Your Committee finds that the fees charged for criminal history record checks have remained unchanged since 1998. Making the same fee applicable to criminal history record checks whether conducted by name inquiry or fingerprint based may encourage an increase in fingerprint based checks. In addition, expanding the exemption to criminal history record checks fees to include volunteers of nonprofit charitable organizations who have direct contact with seniors or disabled individuals will provide financial relief to these organizations and will encourage more checks on volunteers to protect vulnerable populations.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical nonsubstantive amendments to conform with preferred drafting conventions.

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 S.B. No. 696, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 696, S.D. 1.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair