STAND. COM. REP. 2299

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2902

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Science, Arts, and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 2902 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TELEMARKETING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make a violation of the federal Do-Not-Call provisions an unfair or deceptive trade practice under Hawaii law.

Testimony in support of the measure was received from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Verizon Hawaii. Comments on the measure were offered by the Legislative Information Services of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that this measure harmonizes Hawaii's telemarketing laws with the recently enacted Do-Not-Call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act passed by Congress. This measure enhances the ability of the State to enforce violations of the Do-Not-Call provisions in state courts by making violations of the Do-Not-Call provisions a violation of state law.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050 in order to promote continuing discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Science, Arts, and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2902, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2902, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Science, Arts, and Technology,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair