Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy, Environment, and International Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1955, H.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the maximum fines for littering from a motor vehicle, littering in public, and criminal littering.

Windward Ahupua`a Alliance submitted testimony in support of this measure. One individual submitted testimony in support of this measure with amendments.

There is a rampant littering problem in our State's communities. Your Committees find that the current mandatory minimum fines for littering violations are not a sufficient deterrent. The present minimum fine for littering is only $25. An increase in the minimum fine serves as a greater deterrent because fines tend to be imposed at the minimum rather than the maximum amount for violations. An increase in the fine schedule will serve as an incentive to keep Hawaii beautiful.

Your Committees amended this measure by:

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy, Environment, and International Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1955, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1955, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.