HB2251 HSCR679-04

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 679-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2251

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2251 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHAPTER 291E,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the motoring public. Specifically, this bill clarifies that:

(1) Section 291E-62, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), has been violated if a person operates a motor vehicle after the person's license has been suspended or revoked for operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant under the same section; and

(2) When determining repeat offenses for purposes of sentencing, prior convictions under section 291-4.5, HRS, which were replaced by section 291E-62, HRS, shall be counted.

The Department of Transportation, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Police Department, Maui County Police Department, and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that this measure will assure that the offense under section 291E-62, HRS, and its predecessor offense under section 291E-4.5, HRS, will have the same effect on sanctions for subsequent offenses.

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. 2251 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

		____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair