STAND. COM. REP. NO. 163

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 617
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
607, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PROSTITUTION
     INTERVENTION SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to support
prostitution intervention services.

     Your Committee finds that prostitution is a multi-faceted
problem with a long history.  Your Committee further finds that
solutions posed solely through the criminal justice system have
not been effective in mitigating the problem.  A public and
private partnership between the State and private nonprofit
organizations has proven to be more successful in assisting
adults and juveniles to escape prostitution.

     Testimony in support of this bill was submitted by the
Judiciary, the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women,
five organizations, and six private individuals.  No testimony
was submitted in opposition to this bill.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by making technical, non-substantive changes for the
purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your

 
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Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
617, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 617, S.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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