STAND. COM. REP. NO. 872

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1520

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 1520 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to eliminate the requirement that arrest citations contain an offender's full social security number and to authorize the verification of arrest citations and traffic crime complaints by declaration in accordance with the court rules.

 

     Your Committee heard testimony from the Judiciary in support of the bill.  There was no opposition to the bill.

 

     Your Committee finds that court records are public records and the citation is a part of the court record.  Requiring a full social security number in a public record facilitates identity theft.  The elimination of the full social security number would eliminate the misuse of such information.

 

     Your Committee further finds that allowing the use of declarations in lieu of affidavits for arrest citations and traffic crime complaints is consistent with current rules of court, and would not harm the offender's right to challenge the veracity of the officer. Use of declarations would allow for more timely processing of citations and complaints, and would save space on citation forms.

 

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1520 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair