HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

AMENDMENT TO:

S.B. NO. 2843, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

OFFERED BY:

REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT K. SAIKI

 

DATE:

April 13, 2004

 

 

SECTION 1. Senate Bill No. 2843, S.D. 1, H.D. 1 (PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII), is amended by amending sections 1, 2, and 3 to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article I of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to provide that:

(1) The public has a right of access to registration information regarding persons who have been convicted in the past or who will be convicted in the future of certain crimes against children and certain sexual offenses;

(2) The legislature shall determine which offenses are subject to this public right of access;

(3) The legislature shall determine what information constitutes registration information to which the public has a right of access;

(4) The legislature shall determine the manner of public access to the registration information; and

(5) The legislature shall determine a period of time and conditions pursuant to which a convicted person may petition for termination of public access.

SECTION 2. Article I of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION CONCERNING PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN AND CERTAIN SEXUAL OFFENSES

Section   . The public has a right of access to registration information regarding persons convicted of certain offenses against children and persons convicted of certain sexual offenses. The legislature shall determine which offenses are subject to this provision, what information constitutes registration information to which the public has a right of access, the manner of public access to the registration information and a period of time after which and conditions pursuant to which a convicted person may petition for termination of public access."

SECTION 3. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:

"Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to provide that the public has a right of access to registration information regarding persons convicted of certain offenses against children and persons convicted of certain sexual offenses, and that the legislature shall determine which offenses are subject to this provision, what information constitutes registration information to which the public has a right of access, the manner of public access to the registration information, and a period of time after which and conditions pursuant to which a convicted person may petition for termination of public access?""