STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 630-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: H.B. No. 2365
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2365 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC CITATIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Establish an Electronic Citation Special Fund to support a Statewide Electronic Citation program under the Judiciary;
(2) Establish an electronic citation surcharge to be assessed to various traffic violations with revenues to be deposited into the Electronic Citation Special Fund; and
(3) Require the Judiciary to adopt procedures to distribute monies from the Electronic Citation Special Fund to the respective law enforcement agencies and the Administrative Director of the courts to defray expenses related to the establishment, implementation, operation, oversight, repair and maintenance of an Electronic Citation Program.
Your Committee finds that a statewide electronic citation system will streamline processes and that the time savings will allow law enforcement to spend less time on paperwork and data entry and more time on responding to calls and community concerns. Your Committee further finds that an electronic citation system will assist the Judiciary in reducing clerical issues, processing delays, and citation dismissals.
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. 2365 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 & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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