STAND. COM. REP. NO. 502

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1040

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1040, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMOKING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to prohibit smoking during community events that occur:

 

     (1)  On public beaches and beach parks;

      

     (2)  In public parks and recreational areas;

 

     (3)  In other recreational areas designated as recreational by the state or county agency organizing or funding the community event; and

    

(4)  In areas within twenty feet of a nonsmoking area, if the nonsmoking area is within the site of the community event.

 

     This measure defines "community event" as any function of over twenty-five people organized by a state or county agency or fully or partially funded by a state or county agency, for the benefit of the community, including tourists and visitors.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050 to facilitate further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1040, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1040, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair