STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1497-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.C.R. No. 288

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 288 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A SUNRISE REVIEW ON THE REGULATION OF PERSONS WHO APPREHEND BAIL FUGITIVES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to promote public safety by requesting the State Auditor to conduct a sunrise review of legislation proposing to regulate persons who apprehend bail fugitives.

     A concerned individual testified in support of this concurrent resolution.

     Persons who apprehend bail fugitives have powers of arrest that may be abused.  This concurrent resolution seeks to address this concern by requesting a sunrise review pursuant to section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, of pertinent regulatory measures proposed in H.B. Nos. 129 and 1882, 2007.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 288 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary,

____________________________ TOMMY WATERS, Chair

____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair