STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1282

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 1229

      H.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 1229 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide that the environmental courts shall not have exclusive jurisdiction over any proceedings relating to parking violations under certain administrative rules and laws.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, The Judiciary, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050.

     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 S.B. No. 1229, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1229, H.D. 1, 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