STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3536

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 767

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Judiciary and Labor and Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 767, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Provide that certain areas within Hawaii Public Housing Authority housing projects are closed to the public;

 

     (2)  Amend criminal trespass in the second degree to permit the prosecution of a non-tenant for unauthorized entry or violation of a written prohibition to enter into the subject housing projects; and

 

     (3)  Clarify requirements for signage notifying trespassers of illegal entry.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

 

     Your Committees find that residents of public housing have the right to peacefully enjoy their homes without fear of unauthorized intruders at all hours of the day.  Implementation of this measure will better assure the safety and well-being of residents of public housing.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Correctly reflecting the language in the Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

     (2)  Clarifying that under the definition of "reasonable warning or request", a reasonable warning or request may contain the name, in addition to the signature, of a witness or law enforcement officer who was present when the warning was given; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Labor and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 767, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 767, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Labor and Ways and Means,

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair