STAND. COM. REP. NO. 170

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 888
                                        




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
888 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the court assessment
from $25 to $50 for the issuance of a penal summons for failure
to appear for a traffic violation.

     Your Committee finds that the original $25 fee was set in
1976 and has not been increased in the last twenty-three years.
Your Committee further finds that this increased amount is a more
realistic assessment of the current costs that the court incurs
for the issuance of a penal summons.  Your Committee acknowledges
the Judiciary's efforts to develop additional revenue sources to
support court operating costs.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Judiciary.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
888 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.


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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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