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. 2581, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to reduce the backlog of unserved arrest warrants by requiring the Attorney General (AG) to adopt rules to allow retired police and public safety officers to serve certain arrest warrants.

The Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this bill. The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu and Mothers Against Drunk Driving – Hawaii supported the intent of this measure. The AG opposed 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. 2581, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.