Report Title:

Hawaii Anti-trafficking Task Force

Description:

Extends the sunset date for the Hawaii Anti-trafficking Task Force to 2010.  Adds members to the Task Force.  (HB2772 CD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2772
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008		H.D. 3
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Act 260, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, is amended as follows:

     1.  By amending subsection (a) of section 2 to read:

     "(a)  There is established the Hawaii anti-trafficking task force.  The anti-trafficking task force shall be comprised of the following:

(1) Individuals:

    [(1)] (A)  The attorney general, or the attorney general's [designees;] designee;

    [(2)] (B)  The directors of health, human services, and labor[,] and industrial relations, or their designees;

(C) The state public defender, or the state public defender's designee;

    [(3)] (D)  The chief of police of each county, or the chief's designee;

    [(4)] (E)  The prosecuting attorney of each county, or the prosecutor's designee;

    [(5)] (F)  The director of the victim and witness assistance program of the department of the prosecuting attorney, city and county of Honolulu;

(G) Hawaii contractees for services under the office of refugee resettlement of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and

(H) Hawaii contractees for services under the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops;

and

(2) Representatives of:

(A) The immigration information office of the county of Hawaii;

(B) The crime victim compensation commission;

(C) The office of the gender equity counselor of the University of Hawaii;

(D) The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence;

    [(6)] (E)  The Salvation Army;

    [(7) Sisters Offering Support;

(8)] (F)  The Sex Abuse Treatment Center;

    [(9)] (G)  GirlFest;

   [(10)] (H)  Na Loio Immigrant Rights and Public Interest Legal Center;

   [(11)] (I)  The Domestic Violence [Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline;] Action Center; and

   [(12)] (J)  The Hawaii State Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

     [The Task Force] Task force members shall serve without compensation but [shall] may be reimbursed for expenses, including travel expenses, necessary for the performance of their duties[.], subject to the availability of funds."

     2.  By amending subsections (d) and (e) of section 2 to read:

     "(d)  Not less than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2007 [and], 2008, and 2009, the task force shall provide to the legislature a report on its activities[.]; provided that not less than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2010, the task force shall provide the legislature a final report of its activities, including findings and recommendations, and any proposed legislation.

     (e)  The task force shall cease to exist on June 30, [2008.] 2010."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2008.