Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3267 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation to the Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline, the Hawaii Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Director of Practicum of the School of Social Work at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, and seven individuals.

Your Committee finds that domestic violence is a serious and escalating problem that affects the health and well being of Hawaii's families. The amount of $1,013,609, as referenced in the Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline's testimony, is necessary to reduce the burden, raise the capacity, and enhance the overall success of Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline in Hawaii.

Your Committee has amended this measure to designate the Judiciary as the expending agency and to delete any references to attorney and paralegal positions.

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 S.B. No. 3267, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3267, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.