STAND. COM. REP. NO.  745-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 1984

      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. 1984 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect the residents of public housing by prohibiting the consumption of liquor on any public sidewalk or common area of a public housing project.

     The Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Honolulu Police Department, many residents of the Mayor Wright Homes, and many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Limiting the prohibition on liquor consumption in the common area of a public housing project to between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to January 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. 1984, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1984, H.D. 1.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair