STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1007

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1891

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 1891 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to make a violation of chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, a petty misdemeanor.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and twelve private citizens.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Increasing the minimum fine for a first offense from $100 to $500;

 

(2)  Increasing the minimum fine for a second offense within five years of a previous conviction for the same offense from $500 to $1,000; and

 

(3)  Increasing the minimum fine for a third or subsequent offense within five years of a second conviction from $1000 to $2000.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1891, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1891, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair