STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1115-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2489

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2489 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to amend the current forfeiture law by adding the following offenses to the Hawaii Penal Code that are subject to forfeiture:

(1) Unlawful methamphetamine trafficking; and

(2) Manufacturing of a controlled substance with a child present.

The Department of the Attorney General and the Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this bill.

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. 2489 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair