Bill Text: HI SB786 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Historic Places; Trespass; Property Damage

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB786 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB786-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 528

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 786

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 786, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PLACES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

(1)  Make the entering or remaining unlawfully on property listed in the Hawaii Register of Historic Places after warning or request to leave, an offense of criminal trespass in the first degree, a misdemeanor; and

 

(2)  Make the intentional or knowing damage to property on the Hawaii Register of Historic Places an offense of criminal property damage in the first degree, a class B felony.

 

The Hawaii Register of Historic Places is the official listing of cultural resources that are recognized as significant to Hawaii's history, architecture, engineering, and culture.  The list of buildings, sites, objects, districts, and structures give a sense of place and identity to those who live in the islands, as well as impart to visitors a tangible reminder of the State's complex and rich history that contributes to the collective heritage of its residents.

 

Your Committee finds that, given the importance of the sites recognized on the Hawaii Register of Historic Places, it is appropriate that those places be treated with special care, dignity, and respect, and that sufficient penalties are established to protect these sites.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 786, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair