Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1365 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the department of Public Safety to contract with a private nonprofit corporation to coordinate and implement plans for Hawaii Weed and Seed.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the United States Department of Justice, Department of Public Safety, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Princess Victoria Ka'iulani School, Honolulu Police Department, Honolulu Community Services Department, Aloha United Way, Tamashiro Market, Inc., Pacific Gateway Center, Weed and Seed Kalihi-Palama-Chinatown Waipahu, and six private citizens. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii submitted comments.

Hawaii Weed and Seed is a highly successful program of the United States Department of Justice, which is administered by the U.S. Attorney's Office, to weed out the criminal element and then seed the community with prevention, intervention, treatment activities, and economic revitalization. The Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney and Honolulu Police Department cooperate and collaborate with the U.S. Attorney in the Hawaii Weed and Seed program.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation;

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1365, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1365, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.