STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1195-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 8
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.C.R. No. 8 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE JUDICIARY TO
     STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A DRUG COURT IN HILO,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request that the
Judiciary study the feasibility of establishing a drug court in
the Third Circuit.

     Testimony in support of this resolution was received from
the Judiciary and the Department of Public Safety.

     Your Committee finds that there is an immediate need to
expand Hawaii's Drug Court program beyond the City and County of
Honolulu to address drug use in other areas of the State.

     Your Committee has amended this resolution and its title by
providing that the drug court sought to be established would
serve not just Hilo, but the entire Third Circuit of the State. 

     Your Committee has further amended this resolution by
inserting language providing for the integration of alternative,
culturally based methods of rehabilitation into drug court
treatment.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to

 
 
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this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose
of H.C.R. No. 8, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto
as H.C.R. No. 8, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair