Bill Text: HI HB231 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public Housing; Pilot Project; Appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB231 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB231-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 133
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: H.B. No. 231
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 Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 231 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Require all visitors to public housing projects to receive a visitor pass from authorities of public housing projects; and
(2) Establish the non-possession of a visitor pass as prima facie evidence of criminal trespass in the first degree.
A concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Public Housing Authority opposed this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Specifying that visitors who "consistently and predominantly trespass" on public housing projects shall acquire a visitor pass upon entering the premises of a public housing project;
(2) Establishing a two-year pilot project for Mayor Wright Homes to provide its residents with increased safety and security from trespassers; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 231, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 231, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Housing,
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____________________________ RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Chair |
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