STAND. COM. REP. 376

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 171

 

 

 

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 H.B. No. 171 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NOISE VIOLATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to allow for the distribution of fifty percent of the fines collected from motor vehicle, motorcycle, and moped noise offenses to the counties in which the violations occurred.

The Department of Budget and Finance, the Kona Traffic Safety Committee, and concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that the counties are responsible for enforcement of noise offenses. This measure helps defray the cost to the counties of creating a pleasant noise-free environment.

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 H.B. No. 171 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair