Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 109 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Judiciary report its progress in collection and methods of estimation of crime victim compensation fees as required under Act 206, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998.

Your Committee received testimony supporting this measure from the Office of the Administrative Director of the Courts and the Crime Victim Compensation Commission.

Your Committee finds that Act 206 created a mandatory compensation fee to provide a funding base for the Crime Victim Compensation Commission to become fiscally self-sufficient. While the mandatory fee has provided the Commission with substantial funding since it was created, the Judiciary has not assessed and collected the mandatory fee in a substantial number of eligible cases. As a result the Commission has been prevented from making a complete transition to fiscal self-sufficiency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 109 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.