STAND. COM. REP. NO.  772

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1157

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1157 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DANGEROUS DRUGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to delete an obsolete reference in the law pertaining to the offense of promoting a dangerous drug in the second degree.

     The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney and Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this bill.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 1157 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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TOMMY WATERS, Chair