Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 434 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to support programs that fight crime, by appropriating grants-in-aid in unspecified amounts to the counties for career criminal prosecution units and victim witness assistance programs.

The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and the City and County of Honolulu, the victim witness assistance programs for the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui, and the Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that career criminal prosecution units and victim witness assistance programs are vital to the prosecution of chronic offenders and in providing assistance to crime victims. This bill would fund these programs.

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 H.B. No. 434 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.