STAND. COM. REP. NO.  148

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1405

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1405 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the efforts of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) relating to controlled substances.  This bill expands the use of the Controlled Substance Registration Revolving Fund to include the costs of:

     (1)  Operating the Narcotics Enforcement Division's forensic        drug laboratory; and

     (2)  Investigating violations relating to the registration              and control of controlled substances.

     DPS testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2015, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1405, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1405, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair