Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 611, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

The Judiciary, Office of the Public Defender, Hawaii State Bar Association, Hawaii Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Budget and Finance and a concerned individual submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2005.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 611, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 611, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.