STAND. COM. REP. NO.  705-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 1978

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1978 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make permanent the prohibition against urinating or defecating in a public place in Downtown Honolulu.

     The Honolulu Police Department, Downtown Neighborhood Board No. 13, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  Several concerned individuals provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 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. 1978, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1978, 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