HRS 0706-0650 ANNOTATIONS
COMMENTARY ON §706-650
Act 152, Session Laws 2004, made permanent the drug demand reduction assessments enacted in Act 205, Session Laws 1995, and also, among other things, expanded the number of offenses for which the monetary assessments will be imposed; made the monetary assessments mandatory; specified that, in addition to restitution to the victim, probation and crime victim compensation fees shall also be paid before payment of the assessment; gave the court the discretion to order the offender to undergo substance abuse treatment at the offender's expense if the court determines that the offender is eligible for probation or will not be sentenced to prison; and provided that the court may waive or reduce the amount of the assessment if the offender undergoes treatment at the offender's expense or upon a showing that the offender lacks the financial ability to pay all or part of the assessment. House Standing Committee Report No. 1245-04.