STAND. COM. REP. NO.560
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1208
H.D. 1
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. 1208 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of the bill is to:
(1) Extend the period after which firearms seized in domestic violence situations can be returned from seven working days after seizure to fourteen days after a request is made for its return; and
(2) Prohibit the return of seized firearms or ammunition to a person who cannot legally possess a firearm.
Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Honolulu Police Department, Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline, Hawaii Firearms Control Coalition, and a concerned individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to the measure from the Hawaii Citizens' Rights Pac and a concerned individual.
Your Committee finds that presently the seven workday period after the seizure of firearms is inadequate for the Honolulu Police Department to make a complete check on the owner before the return of the weapon.
Your Committee has amended the bill by:
(1) Shortening the period after which a firearm can be returned from fourteen to seven days after the request for the return; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for style and clarity.
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. 1208, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1208, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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