STAND. COM. REP. NO. 832
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 767
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 767, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure to:
(1) Establish that all HPHA housing projects are closed to the public;
(2) Amend the Hawaii Penal Code to expand the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree to prohibit an unauthorized member of the public from entering or remaining on HPHA housing project properties that are closed to the public and provided with signs warning that the property is closed and there shall be no trespassing;
(3) Define terms and conditions relating to the restricted entry, signs, and HPHA's authority as are necessary for the implementation of this measure; and
(4) Make technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 767, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 767, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair |
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