Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1745 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the Judiciary's efficiency by eliminating outdated or perfunctory reporting requirements relating to the Judiciary and the State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision.

The Judiciary supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that many of the reporting requirements addressed in this bill should be eliminated because they require reports to the Legislature even though, in most cases, there is little or no new information to report. Furthermore, the removal of reporting requirements would not eliminate corresponding requirements to collect or maintain the data that are the subjects of those reports. However, your Committee also finds that the Judiciary's annual reports to the Legislature regarding government wiretap applications, orders, and extensions serve an important purpose and should be continued.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:

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. 1745, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1745, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.