STAND. COM. REP. NO. 331-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2561
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:
     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2561 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
     CHECKS FOR USERS OF EXPLOSIVES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to broaden the scope of the
criminal history check for persons who wish to use, store, or
deal with explosives by allowing the Department of Labor &
Industrial Relations (DLIR) to obtain national criminal
background checks before issuing a certificate of fitness for
users, dealers, and storers of explosives.

     DLIR testified in favor of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that currently DLIR has access to state
criminal background checks only.  Your Committee recognizes that
most applicants are from out of state and, therefore, a local
criminal history check is not sufficient to ensure the safety of
the public.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style, clarity, and
consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose

 
 
 
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of H.B. No. 2561 as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2561,
H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs.


                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and Public
                                   Employment,



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair