STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1590-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2158

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2158 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BAIL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require that a prisoner be discharged promptly when bail is offered and taken, and to require that law enforcement agencies accept cash bail, certified copies of pre-filed bail bonds, and original bail bonds when the court is closed, including nights, weekends, and holidays to facilitate the prompt release of the prisoner from custody or imprisonment.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Office of the Public Defender, Da Kine Bail Bonds, and Professional Bail Agents of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Public Safety and a concerned individual provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Authorizing rather than requiring law enforcement agencies to accept cash bail, certified copies of pre-filed bail bonds, and original bail bonds at those times when the court is closed; and

 

     (2)  Making the effective date July 1, 2030, to promote further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2158, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2158, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair