STAND. COM. REP. NO.  670-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1928

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1928 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TESTING FOR INTOXICANTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal section 291E-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which makes refusal to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test by any person arrested for the use of intoxicants while operating a vehicle a petty misdemeanor.

 

     The Office of the Public Defender and Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui testified in support of this measure.  Mothers Against Drunk Driving testified in opposition to this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1928 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair