STAND. COM. REP. NO. 888

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1377

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1377 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CITATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Create an Electronic Citation Program under the Judiciary; and

(2) Establish an electronic citation surcharge.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Traffic Division of the Honolulu Police Department, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui, Hawaii Strategic Highway Safety Plan, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Judiciary.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Including a five-year sunset for the Electronic Citation Special Fund, established by this measure; and

(2) 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1377, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1377, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair