STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 765
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: H.B. No. 172
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 172 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY RIGHTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to establish the offense of unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle in the second degree.
Your Committee finds
that existing law aims to punish or deter the theft of propelled vehicles. Your Committee further finds, however, that
court rulings require the prosecution to prove that a defendant knew the propelled
vehicle was stolen. This has hindered
efforts to prosecute persons operating stolen vehicles. This measure will provide law enforcement
agencies with the flexibility that is necessary to prosecute persons who
recklessly or negligently exert unauthorized control of another's propelled
vehicle by operating the vehicle without the owner's consent or by changing the
identity of the vehicle without the owner's consent.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 172, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 172, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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