STAND. COM. REP. NO.  714-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2448

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2448 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION:  AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau and the Disability and Communication Access Board.

 

     Your Committee acknowledges the testimony of the Disability and Communication Access Board, which requested amendments to modernize outdated references to "handicapped" individuals.  While worthwhile, the suggested amendments are beyond the scope of the measure's intent of technical statutory revision in fulfillment of the Legislative Reference Bureau's duty.

 

     Your Committee finds that this statutory revision measure is submitted by the Legislative Reference Bureau pursuant to chapter 23G, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  All of the statutory amendments proposed by this measure are intended to be technical in nature to correct errors, omissions, or obsolete laws.  Your Committee also notes that this measure was reviewed by the Attorney General prior to its submission to the Legislature.  A memorandum explaining the proposed amendments was submitted as part of the testimony of the Legislative Reference Bureau.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting technical amendments to section 347-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 2448, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2448, 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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KARL RHOADS, Chair