CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 106

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   S.B. No. 1158
                                  S.D. 1
                                  H.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 1158, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COMPENSATION
     OF CRIME VICTIMS," 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to provide funds for the Crime
Victim Compensation Commission which helps to compensate victims
of crimes.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the Crime Victim
Compensation Commission (CVCC) is the only state agency that
provides compensation to victims of violent crimes in Hawaii.
Last year, the CVCC provided compensation to over 1,000 crime
victims and their families.  The CVCC is a payer of last resort
that provides compensation for medical treatment and therapy
costs, lost wages, funeral and burial expenses, and pain and

 
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suffering.  Your Committee further finds that if the CVCC does
not have sufficient funding to pay crime victim compensation
claims, forty percent of federal matching funds will be lost for
every dollar that the CVCC is unable to pay in compensation.

     Therefore, your Committee has amended this measure by
appropriating $1,127,025 for fiscal year 1999-2000, and
$1,127,025 for fiscal year 2000-2001, for the crime victim
compensation special fund.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of S.B. No. 1158, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1158, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
            HOUSE                             SENATE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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PAUL T. OSHIRO, Co-Chair           AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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EZRA R. KANOHO, Co-Chair           MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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BRIAN SCHATZ, Member               CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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COLLEEN MEYER, Member              SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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                                   WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member

 
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