STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1260-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.R. No. 115
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Judiciary
and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.R. No. 115
entitled: 

     "HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
     CONTINUE TO MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND
     EXPAND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKING GROUP TO ENCOMPASS
     ISSUES RELATING TO CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the Attorney
General to continue to monitor implementation of recommendations
and expand the Domestic Violence Working Group to encompass
issues relating to children and adolescents.

     The Commission on the Status of Women, the Department of the
Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, the Child and
Family Service, the Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal
Hotline, the YMCA of Kauai, the State Coalition against Domestic
Violence, and the American Association of University Women,
Windward Oahu branch testified in support of this measure.  The
Attorney General supported the measure with technical amendments.
The Department of Human Services and the Office of Youth Services
testified in support of the intent of the measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding the Department of Education to the 2000 Domestic
          Violence Working Group to oversee the implementation of
          the recommendations made in the "Domestic Violence and
          Criminal Justice System in Hawaii" report;

 
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     (2)  Transmitting a certified copy of the resolution to the
          Superintendent of Education; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity
          and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Human Services and Housing and Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.R. No.
115, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.R. No.
115, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Human Services
                                   and Housing and Judiciary and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair            DENNIS ARAKAKI, Chair