Bill Text: HI SCR223 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Legislative Drafting Manual; Working Group
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-12 - (H) Referred to JUD, LMG, FIN, referral sheet 67 [SCR223 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SCR223-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3081
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.C.R. No. 223
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 223 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CREATE A MOPED TASK FORCE TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF CLASSIFYING MOPEDS LIKE MOTORCYCLES IN CERTAIN INSTANCES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure as received by your Committee is to request the Department of Transportation to create a moped task force to explore the feasibility of classifying mopeds like motorcycles in certain instances.
Your Committee conducted a public hearing on a proposed draft of this measure. The purpose of this proposed draft is to request all proponents of legislative measures, including governmental agencies and the Legislature, to adhere to the Hawaii Legislative Drafting Manual (Drafting Manual) when drafting or amending measures for purposes of consistency and style.
The Legislative Reference Bureau submitted testimony in support of the proposed draft. Written testimony presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee finds that, while the Legislative Reference Bureau has the authority to make changes to an act after it becomes law in order to conform the style of the act to the Hawaii Revised Statutes pursuant to its designation as the Revisor of Statutes under section 23G-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, confusion regarding a standardized style continues to plague the Legislature. Your Committee notes that recent changes to the standardized style may not be reflected in the current edition of the Drafting Manual, which makes conformity difficult for legislative drafting agencies. Your Committee believes that inviting the legislative drafting agencies to work together to develop a uniform, consistent drafting style that can be incorporated into an updated Drafting Manual will assist the Legislature in focusing on substantive issues during the short legislative sessions.
Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with the contents of the proposed draft, and amending the proposed draft by:
(1) Requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to convene a working group to consider changes to the current Drafting Manual, and to incorporate desired changes into a revised and updated draft of the Drafting Manual;
(2) Reflecting the foregoing changes in purpose in the measure's title;
(3) Requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to invite representatives from the following legislative drafting agencies to participate in the working group:
(A) The Senate Majority Research Office;
(B) The Senate Minority Research Office;
(C) The House Majority Staff Office; and
(D) The House Minority Research Office; and
(4) Requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to submit a report to the Legislature, no later than November 30, 2010, together with its draft of the updated Drafting Manual.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 223, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 223, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,
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____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair |
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