CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 23-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2315

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2315, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OBSTRUCTION OF INGRESS OR EGRESS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Clarify the law on refusal to provide ingress to or egress from any public or private place (Chapter 852, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS));

(2) Define law enforcement officer as it is used in Chapter 852, HRS; and

(3) Exempt labor disputes from Chapter 852, HRS.

Your Committee on Conference finds that section 850-1, HRS, uses the term "police or other peace officer" which should be updated with the term "law enforcement officer."

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting reference to a labor dispute exemption; and

(2) Retaining the present statutory language describing the offense.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2315, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2315, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

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BRIAN KANNO, Chair

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair