STAND. COM. REP. NO.  992

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 306

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 306, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTINUOUS ALCOHOL MONITORING FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require persons charged for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant to be fitted with a continuous alcohol monitoring device for at least ninety days if the person has a prior conviction within the past five years or is currently pending criminal investigation or prosecution for one or more prior charges of the same crime.

 

     The Department of Transportation, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Kauai, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Police Department, SCRAM Systems, and an individual supported this measure.  Smart Start, Inc. opposed this measure.  Mothers Against Drunk Driving provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, 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. 306, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 306, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair