Bill Text: HI SB101 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Criminal History Record Checks; Counties

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB101 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB101-Amended.html

---

 

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 104

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 101

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs and Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 101 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS BY COUNTIES,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow the county agencies responsible for taxicab regulation to conduct criminal history records checks on taxicab drivers and applicants for taxicab driver's certificate.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Association of Counties, one Maui County Council Member, and Charley's Taxi.  Copies of written testimony are available for review on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committees find that taxicab drivers interact on a personal basis with each customer.  Your Committees are concerned that such interaction may pose a risk to the public if the taxicab driver has a criminal record, such as a conviction for a crime involving physical or sexual assault.  This measure alleviates the problem by allowing the taxi company employer to access the applicant's or driver's criminal history.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure to change the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate continuing discussions on this matter.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs and Commerce and Consumer Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 101, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 101, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs and Commerce and Consumer Protection,

 

____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair		____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair