STAND. COM. REP. 1673
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 617
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 617 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to require the Judicial Council to convene a task force to review Hawaii's criminal charging procedures and recommend legislative amendments.
The Office of the Public Defender and American Civil Liberties Union testified in support of this measure. The Office of the Attorney General, City and County of Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney, and Honolulu Police Department testified against this measure. The Judiciary provided comments.
Your Committee finds that this task force would enable the Legislature to examine what would be the "best practices" for the State of Hawaii. It would also be instrumental in the implementation of the information charging process, which was approved by the voters in the 2002 general election.
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. 617 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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