STAND. COM. REP. NO.  769-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1570

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1570 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ABUSE OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the 48-hour period of separation when a police officer orders a person under suspicion of inflicting physical abuse or harm to leave the premises to 4:30 p.m. on the second business day following the weekend or legal holiday if the period of separation expires on any Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday or if the incident occurs after 12:00 p.m. on any Friday, or on any Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

 

     The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaii, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Kauai, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui, and Domestic Violence Action Center testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the calculation of the period of separation to commence when the order is issued and expire at 6:00 p.m. on the second business day following the day the order was issued;

 

     (2)  Defining the term "business day" to include any calendar day, except Saturday, Sunday, or state holiday; and

 

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

 

     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. 1570, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1570, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair