STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1496

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 999
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No.
999, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ORGANIZED CRIME,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the elements and
penalty for the felony charge of failing to report income derived
from racketeering activity, and to amend the penalty for
racketeering.

     Your Committee finds that the current penalties for
racketeering and for failure to report racketeering income are
not as strong as the standard penalties for class B felonies.
Therefore, it is your Committee's intent to strengthen the
penalties for these crimes by applying the standard class B
felony penalties, in addition to the forfeiture of illegally
obtained property or the payment of taxes owed that may be
required.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Attorney General, the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for
the City and County of Honolulu, and the Honolulu Police
Department.  Testimony in opposition to this measure but in
support of an amendment to the measure was received from the
Office of the Public Defender.


 
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     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by deleting the language providing non-standard penalties
for racketeering and failing to report racketeering income, so
that the standard class B penalties will apply.

     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.
999, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 999, H.D. 
1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



                                   ______________________________
                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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