STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.553-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1758

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1758 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to allow the use of a copy, facsimile telecommunication, or other reliable reproduction of a domestic abuse protective order in place of the original order for all purposes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, and Women in Need. Testimony in opposition to the measure was submitted by the Office of the Public Defender and the Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline. The Honolulu Police Department commented on the bill.

Your Committee finds that allowing police officers to use copies of domestic abuse protective orders for the purposes of service of notice to the respondent will expedite the service process. Copies produced by facsimile telecommunication should also be allowed. However, use of these documents should be allowed only between police officers.

 

Your Committee amended the bill by:

(1) Limiting the use of copies of orders only for the purpose of giving notice to the respondent;

(2) Limiting the use and transmittal by facsimile telecommunication of copies of orders to police officers; and

(3) Inserting an effective date of February 30, 3025 to promote further discussion.

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 H.B. No. 1758, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1758, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

		____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair