STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1606

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1155

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1155, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the calculation of the value of damage to agricultural products to include future losses and the loss of future production.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the bill from the Honolulu Prosecutor's Office, Alexander and Baldwin, and Hawaii Crop Improvement Association.  There was no opposition to the bill.

     Your Committee finds that vandalism, theft, and arson are critical problems that have a significant impact upon Hawaii's agricultural industry.  This bill will strengthen the present law in calculating damages.

     Your Committee amended the bill to change the effective date from January 1, 2112 to July 1, 2007.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1155, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1155, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair