STAND. COM. REP. NO.  32

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 767

      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 Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 767 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the offense of trespassing in the second degree as it applies to conduct at Hawaii Public Housing Authority housing projects.  This bill amends the elements of the offense to apply to unlawful or unauthorized presence or entry by a nonresident and amends notice and signage requirements to comport with requirements applicable to other locations.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority submitted comments on this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 767, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 767, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair