STAND. COM. REP. NO.1074

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 1123

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1123, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VITAL RECORDS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Health (DOH), upon request, to verify the existence of a birth, death, marriage, or divorce certificate and the essential facts contained therein in lieu of the issuance of a certified copy of the certificate.

DOH testified in support of this bill. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor testified in support of the intent of this bill.

Currently, a certified copy of a birth, death, marriage, or divorce certificate is necessary to conduct many personal, legal, and business transactions, and the only means of verification is through certified documents.

Your Committees find that this measure will provide an alternative method to verify information contained in vital records at DOH, which should promote more expeditious processing of information.

Your Committees further find that approval of this measure will not preclude the issuance of certified copies of certificates where necessary or appropriate.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1123, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair

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KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair