STAND. COM. REP. NO. 902-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2844
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2844, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIME,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Establish the offense of habitual property crime, a class C felony; and
(2) Amend the eligibility provisions for deferred acceptance of guilty and no contest pleas (DAG and DANC Pleas).
The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Police Department, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of the Attorney General supported this measure, suggesting amendments. The Office of the Public Defender and Community Alliance on Prisons opposed this bill.
Your Committee finds that this measure will punish repeat offenders of property crime.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the provisions relating to DAG and DANC Pleas;
(2) Requiring that prior convictions under this measure must be for incidents that are separate and distinct in time, event, and occurrence; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
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. 2844, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2844, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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