STAND. COM. REP. NO.  614-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2280

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2280 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF CHARITABLE ASSETS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of the Attorney General greater guidance and authority in protecting charitable assets from loss, waste, misapplication, or diversion by adding a definition of "property".

The Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this measure.

     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. 2280 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair