HB1804 HSCR259-02

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.259-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1804

 

 

 

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. 1804 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is clarify the procedure for expungement of juvenile records.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Department of the Attorney General, the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, the Juvenile Justice Information Committee and the Office of Youth Services. The Office of the Public Defender submitted comments.

Your Committee finds that the requirement of the court to confer with the "appropriate law enforcement agency" should be clarified to mean the "prosecuting attorney in the appropriate circuit."

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. 1804 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 and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

		____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair