STAND. COM. REP. NO. 706-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 578
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 578, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SHARK FEEDING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Permits violators to be assessed an administrative fine plus administrative fees and costs and attorney's fees and costs;
(2) Mandates that each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense;
(3) Notes that an action to impose or collect a penalty herein shall be considered a civil action; and
(4) Mandates that any criminal prosecution or penalty imposed for a violation of the section or rule pursuant thereto shall not preclude the imposition of any administrative fine and costs or attorney's fees and costs.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Adding a savings clause;
(2) Changing the effective date to January 7, 2059, to promote further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 578, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 578, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair |
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