STAND. COM. REP. NO. 247

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1008

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.B. No. 1008 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to add the offense of criminal trespass onto State Department of Transportation lands to the penal code.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Honolulu Police Department, and two individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness.

     Your Committee finds that this measure assists the Department of Transportation in protecting the lands, property, and facilities under its jurisdiction and improves the safety of individuals when entering upon state lands.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting a savings clause; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1008, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1008, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Energy,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair