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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO BOILER AND ELEVATOR LAW.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 397-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§397-12  [Evidence.  No record or determination of any
 
 4 administrative proceeding under this chapter or any statement or
 
 5 report of any kind obtained, received, or prepared in connection
 
 6 with the administration or enforcement of this chapter shall be
 
 7 admitted or used, whether as evidence or as discovery, in any
 
 8 civil action growing out of any matter mentioned in the record,
 
 9 determination, statement, or report other than an action for
 
10 enforcement or review under this chapter.]  Disclosure.  (a)
 
11 Except for proceedings under this chapter, inspection and
 
12 investigatory records prepared or compiled to enforce or
 
13 administer this chapter shall not be disclosed while such
 
14 proceedings are pending or ongoing.
 
15      (b)  The identity of witnesses and confidential sources
 
16 shall not be disclosed.
 
17      (c)  Compliance officers shall not testify as witnesses in
 
18 proceedings other than those to enforce or administer this
 
19 chapter."
 

 
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 1      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 2 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 3      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 5                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________
 

 
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