STAND. COM. REP. NO.  322

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 639

      H.D. 1

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. 639 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GRAFFITI,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Increase the civil fine a county may assess from $1,000 to $1,500 for property damage caused by graffiti; and

(2)  Authorize a $1,500 fine for criminal offenses in which damage is caused by graffiti.

The Department of the Attorney General provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the provision that authorized a $1,500 fine for criminal offenses in which damage is caused by graffiti.

     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. 639, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 639, H.D. 1, 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