STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1680

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 590
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
590, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESTRAINING AND PROTECTIVE
     ORDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify the procedures in the
issuance of temporary restraining orders (TRO) in District Court
harassment cases by:

     (1)  Authorizing the court to restrain a person if there is
          probable cause to believe that a past act of harassment
          has occurred or that a threat of harassment is
          imminent;

     (2)  Increasing the duration of a TRO from fifteen days to a
          maximum of ninety days; and

     (3)  Specifying that service of the TRO and injunction order
          shall be by personal service, certified mail, or proof
          that the respondent was present at the hearing in which
          the court orally issued the injunction.

     The Judiciary testified in support of this measure.  The
Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, the City and
County of Honolulu's Department of the Prosecuting Attorney and
Police Department, Child and Family Service, the Hawaii State

 
 
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Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the Domestic Violence
Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
590, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair