STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2590
Honolulu, Hawaii
S.D. 1
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2386, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SALES ADVERTISEMENTS FOR STOLEN PROPERTY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Establish the offense of advertising the sale of stolen property; and
(2) Make conforming amendments to section 708-834, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include the offense of advertising the sale of stolen property and make other clarifying amendments.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from seven individuals.
Your Committee finds that victims of property theft often find their belongings advertised for sale in various locations such as the Internet. This measure would criminalize the advertisement of stolen property and would make the advertisement for the sale of such stolen property equivalent to the grade of offense as theft of the property advertised for sale. Your Committee further finds that this measure will afford additional protection to consumers by reducing the occurrence of stolen goods being advertised for sale.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2386, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,
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CLAYTON HEE, Chair |
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