STAND. COM. REP. NO.  237-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1862

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1862 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to remove the sunset date of December 31, 2012, on the prohibition against urinating and defecating in public within the boundaries of downtown.

 

     The Honolulu Police Department, Downtown Neighborhood Board #13, EAH Housing, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Establishing a sunset date of December 31, 2014; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to December 21, 2058, to

          encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 1862, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1862, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair