STAND. COM. REP. NO. 632

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 888
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 888 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the amount that the
court may assess, from $25 to $50, for the issuance of a penal
summons for failure to appear for a traffic violation.

     Your Committee notes that the original $25 fee, set in 1976,
has not been increased in the last twenty-three years.  Your
Committee finds that a $50 assessment is a more realistic
reflection of the current costs that the court incurs for the
issuance of a penal summons.  Your Committee acknowledges the
Judiciary's efforts to develop additional revenue sources to
support court operating costs.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B.
No. 888 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
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                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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