STAND. COM. REP. NO.  562

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 823

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 823 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC FINES AND FEES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to promote public safety, and assist in defraying the administrative costs of the Judiciary by:

 

     (1)  Increasing fines for certain traffic offenses;

 

     (2)  Increasing administrative fees for certain traffic offenses; and

 

     (3)  Apportioning parts of the increased fees to the Judiciary Computer System Special Fund, the Judiciary Facilities Repair and Maintenance Fund, and the General Fund.

 

     The Office of the Public Defenders, the City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney testified in opposition to this measure.  The Judiciary provided comments.


 

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the allocation to the Judiciary Facilities Repair and Maintenance Fund;

 

     (2)  Reapportioning the 25 percent designated for the Judiciary Facilities Repair and Maintenance Fund to the General Fund for a total of 50 percent;

 

     (3)  Returning the traffic and administrative fees to their original statutory amount; and

 

     (4)  Changing the effective date to January 7, 2059.

 

     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. 823, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 823, H.D. 1.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair