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. 705 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to exempt the Crime Victim Compensation Special Fund from the payment of central service expense fees and administrative expense fees.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Crime Victim Compensation Commission and the Office of the Prosecutor of the City and County of Honolulu.

Your Committee finds that the Commission will be better able to serve the needs of crime victims if they are exempted from these fees. Your Committee also notes that many other exemptions for other entities have been established by the Legislature in the past.

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. 705 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.