STAND. COM. REP. NO.  739-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2600

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2600, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect public health and safety by updating Hawaii's controlled substances law to conform to federal law.  Specifically, this measure updates the list of controlled substances under the designation of Schedule I and Schedule II controlled substances.

 

     The Department of Public Safety testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to upon approval; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2600, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2600, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair