Prevents inadvertent repeal of crime victim compensation fund by adding reenactment language to law that was amended by law amending the crime victim compensation special fund, and scheduled to "drop dead".

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that section 4 of Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, amended section 351-62.5(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the crime victim compensation special fund. However, section 7 of that Act repeals that subsection on July 1, 2001. The apparent legislative intent, however, is not to repeal that entire subsection, but rather only the amendments made to that subsection by Act 278. Failure to enact this measure will result in the inadvertent repeal of the victim compensation special fund.

Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to amend the Session Laws of Hawaii to remove this ambiguity by adding reenactment language to ensure that section 351-62.5(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, survives the 2001 repeal date in the form in which it read before its amendment in 1999.

SECTION 2. Section 7 of Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, is amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that:

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on June 30, 2001.