STAND. COM. REP. NO. 929-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 2515
H.D. 3
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2515, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIME,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Permitting a sentence of probation for certain second-time drug offenders;
(2) Reducing the probation period from five years to three years for individuals convicted for Class B and Class C felonies that are not related to criminal homicide, sexual offenses, child abuse, offenses against the family and against incompetents, and prostitution offenses; and
(3) Increasing the threshold valuation for theft in the second degree from more than $300 to more than $750.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Prior to granting early discharge to a defendant, requiring the defendant's probation officer to report to the court concerning the defendant's compliance or non-compliance with the conditions of probation; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2515, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2515, H.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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