STAND. COM. REP. NO. 889

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1640

       H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1640, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to mandate the Department of the Attorney General to work with the counties to allow county employees to issue civil identification at the same locations where driver's licenses are issued.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that it is critical that all of Hawaii's citizens obtain some form of state identification.  While some individuals use their state driver's licenses as their state identification, those without driver's licenses are forced to obtain civil identifications, which are available from only a few locations throughout the State.  This measure would significantly improve access to certificates of identification for Hawaii's residents.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1640, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair