Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

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

The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Maui, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Hawaii, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Kauai, Victim/Witness Program for the County of Kauai, Victim/Witness Assistance Division of the County of Maui, and the Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this bill.

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 H.B. No. 434 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.