STAND. COM. REP. NO. 731
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1749
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1749, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Direct the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law and the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to periodically identify state laws outside the Hawaii Penal Code relating to non-serious offenses that may be decriminalized; and
(2) Require the LRB to draft legislation accordingly.
The Judiciary supported this bill. The LRB and a concerned individual provided comments on this measure.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1749, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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