STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1302-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 3133
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 3133, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIME,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Expand prohibition of street solicitation of
          prostitution in Waikiki to other areas designated by
          the council of the appropriate county; and 

     (2)  Deny bail to those persons arrested for violating terms
          of bail or of probation upon entering these prohibited
          designated areas.

     The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and
County of Honolulu, Wahiawa Neighborhood Board No.26, the
Honolulu Police Department and a concerned individual testified
in support of the measure.  A petition signed by a number of
concerned individuals was also submitted in support of the
measure.  The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii and the
Libertarian Party of Hawaii testified in opposition to the
measure.

     Your Committee finds that allowing counties to designate
additional areas as "prostitution-free zones" may provide
counties with a way to address the proliferation of prostitution
beyond the Waikiki area.

 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Limiting the county designations to four special areas,
          each with a maximum of three square miles; and

     (2)  Conforming Section 804-4(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes to
          reflect that bail shall be denied to persons arrested
          for violating terms of bail or of probation upon
          entering these prohibited designated areas.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 3133, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 3133, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the
calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair