REPORT TITLE:
Crime Victims. $


DESCRIPTION:
Makes an appropriation for crime victims limiting to 10%,
expenditures from the special fund to pay operating expenses.
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COMPENSATION OF CRIME VICTIMS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 351-62.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(d)  Funds received pursuant to section 354D-12(b)(1) and
 
 4 amounts received pursuant to sections 351-35, 351-62.6, 351-63,
 
 5 and 706-605 shall be deposited into the crime victim compensation
 
 6 special fund.  Moneys received shall be used for compensation
 
 7 payments, operating expenses, of which not more than ten per cent
 
 8 shall be used for operating expenses and to fund salaries of
 
 9 positions as authorized by the legislature, and collection of
 
10 fees.  The commission may enter into memorandums of agreement
 
11 with the judiciary for the collection of fees by the judiciary;
 
12 provided that no funds shall be deposited by the judiciary into
 
13 the crime victim compensation special fund until collected."
 
14      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
15 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $          , or so
 
16 much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001, to be
 
17 deposited into the crime victim compensation special fund for the
 
18 purpose of compensating victims of crime under chapter 351,
 
19 Hawaii Revised Statutes, by payments authorized by the crime
 
20 victim compensation commission.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 3.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 2 department of public safety for the purposes of this Act.
 
 3      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on ____________.