CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 33

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   S.B. No. 1485
                                  S.D. 1
                                  H.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 1485, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MINORS," 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Permit the court to waive jurisdiction on other felony
          charges arising from the same episode in which the
          minor was waived; and

     (2)  Authorize the court to provide public inspection of a
          minor's legal records, if the proceeding or case
          involves an act resulting in the death of a victim.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that when a court
exercises its jurisdiction to waive a juvenile pursuant to

 
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subsections (b) or (d) of section 571-22, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, the family court should be permitted to waive, in its
discretion, any other related felony charges so that a related
case may be brought and tried together for the sake of judicial
economy and efficiency.  Your Committee further finds that the
right of the public to access important information on serious
matters will be served by allowing the court to provide for the
public inspection of a minor's legal records if the proceeding or
case involves an act resulting in the death of a victim.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the
effective date so that the Act will take effect upon its
approval.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of S.B. No. 1485, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1485, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
            HOUSE                             SENATE
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
PAUL T. OSHIRO, Co-Chair           AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
NESTOR R. GARCIA, Member           MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Member           NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
MARILYN B. LEE, Member             WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member



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PAUL WHALEN, Member


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