STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1330

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1212

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1212, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to provide the judiciary budget for the 2007-2009 biennium.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received by the Judiciary, MADD-Hawaii and the Maui County Library Association.

     Your Committee has reviewed the information obtained from the Judiciary and has amended this measure accordingly. 

     The measure was amended by the following highlights:

     (1)  Added $27,500,000 for the construction of the new Kapolei Judiciary Complex and to complete the original purchase of land.

     (2)  Added six Juvenile Detention Worker I positions for the Juvenile Detention Home to comply with current collective bargaining provisions.

     (3)  Provided funds for Project Hope to purchase three "pupilometers" for drug testing and converted temporary positions to permanent positions.

     (4)  Provided $100,000 each for the drug courts on Maui and Oahu to combat substance abuse.

     (5) Provided funds for Na Loio, Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, Legal Aid Society, Hawaii Family Law Clinic, Catholic Charities, Parents and Children Together and the Children's Alliance of Hawaii to continue their services to immigrants, indigents and abused children and their families. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1212, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1212, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair