STAND. COM. REP. NO.  794

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 303

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 303 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THEFT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to deter mail theft by including in the offense of "Theft in the Second Degree", the theft of three or more items of mail belonging to three or more unrelated individuals in the same or separate incident as part of a common scheme or plan.

     The Maui County Department of the Prosecuting Attorney supported this bill.  The Office of the Public Defender opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to January 30, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 303, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 303, H.D. 1, 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