STAND. COM. REP. NO. 125-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2450

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2450 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN THE SECOND DEGREE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect public housing residents from persons who unlawfully intrude on the grounds of public housing, by making criminal trespass in the second degree applicable to public housing projects administered by the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH).

HCDCH, Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii County Police Department, Anti-Drug Coordinator for the County of Kauai, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.

Your Committee finds that, presently, the police do not have the authority to place under physical arrest persons who trespass on public housing properties. This bill will curb loitering, vandalism, and drinking on public housing properties, and help to provide public housing residents with a safe and decent living environment.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2450 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Housing,

 

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MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair