STAND. COM. REP. NO.  879-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 358

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 358, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prohibit any person or government entity from seizing or confiscating a firearm or ammunition from a person with a lawful permit during any civil defense emergency or time of national crisis.

     Hawaii Rifle Association and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 358, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 358, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair