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. 996 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to make the Drug Demand Reduction Special Fund permanent.

The Department of Health (DOH), the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, and the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Judiciary supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that this fund is a useful supplemental source of funding for the efforts of DOH to reduce the demand for drugs. The Judiciary has increased the amount of assessments made to the special fund each year since its inception.

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. 996 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.