Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1003 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize probation or peace officers to admit defendants to bail when the punishment for the original offense does not exceed one year.

The Judiciary provided testimony in favor of the measure. The Office of the Public Defender provided testimony in opposition to the measure.

Your Committee finds that the practice of setting bail for probation violators could be managed by probation officers in instances where the underlying offense was punishable by imprisonment of one year or less.

Your Committee amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1003, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1003, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.