Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2563 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to authorize crime victim compensation awards of over $10,000 for medical expenses.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Prosecuting Attorneys for the City and County of Honolulu, County of Maui (Victim/Witness Assistance Division), and the County of Kauai (Victim/Witness Program), the Crime Victim Compensation Commission, the Sex Abuse Treatment Center, and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers.

Your Committee finds that in the case of serious injury, the current maximum limit of $10,000 is often insufficient to cover medical costs.

Your Committee has made technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2563, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2563, H.D. 1.