Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1540 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to permanently repeal the 30 percent cap on the crime victim compensation special fund for operating expenses by repealing the sunset provision of Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999.:

County of Honolulu, the Crime Victim Compensation Commission, and the Sex Abuse Treatment Center submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that reenacting the 30 percent cap on CVCC's, operating expenses would inevitably lead to a reduction in staff by at least 50 percent. This would limit CVCC's ability to adequately serve Hawaii's victims of violent crime by timely processing crime victims' claims and properly administering compensation awards.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1540 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.