STAND. COM. REP. NO.  133

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 231

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 231 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to:

 

     (1)  Require all visitors to public housing projects to             receive a visitor pass from authorities of public             housing projects; and

 

     (2)  Establish the non-possession of a visitor pass as              prima facie evidence of criminal trespass in the first         degree.

 

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Public Housing Authority opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that visitors who "consistently and                 predominantly trespass" on public housing projects shall      acquire a visitor pass upon entering the premises of a       public housing project;

 

     (2)  Establishing a two-year pilot project for Mayor Wright         Homes to provide its residents with increased safety and      security from trespassers; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity,      consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 231, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 231, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Chair