STAND. COM. REP. NO.2445

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2632

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2632 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ARRESTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purposes of this measure are to:

(1) Change the state of mind requirement from wilful to knowing for penalty of failure to appear in answer to a citation; and

(2) Increase the amount of fine from $100 to $1,000.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Judiciary.

Your Committee finds that the penalty for failure to appear in answer to a citation, in section 803-6(e), Hawaii Revised Statutes, should be updated to correspond to the petty misdemeanor statute, which provides for a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days. This measure mirrors the language in the petty misdemeanor statutes, contained in sections 706-663 and 706-640 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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 S.B. No. 2632 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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BRIAN KANNO, Chair