STAND. COM. REP. NO.  131

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 601

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 601 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to establish driving while impaired courts in Kona and Hilo on Hawaii Island.

The Judiciary, Hawaii County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, and one individual testified in support of the 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. 601 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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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair