STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1238-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2149

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2149, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FORFEITURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a working group to review and discuss the State's forfeiture laws and make recommendations to improve those laws to better fit their intended purpose.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General, County of Hawaii Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Maui Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Kauai Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu Police Department, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, and an individual provided testimony in support of the measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making it take effect upon its approval. 

 

     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 S.B. No. 2149, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2149, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair