STAND. COM. REP. NO.  59

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 364

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 364 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable law enforcement to dismantle illegal gambling enterprises and enhance public safety by adding gambling offenses in a building, premise, or place to the list of qualifying offenses that may give rise to nuisance abatement.

The Honolulu Police Department 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. 364 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair