STAND. COM. REP. NO. 620

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 323

      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. 323 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AUTOMOBILE THEFT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to alleviate the problem of automobile theft on Oahu by providing a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu to establish a "car baiting" pilot program.

     The Hawaii Insurers Council testified in support of this bill with amendments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to promote 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. 323, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 323, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair