STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1011-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2772

      H.D. 3

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2772, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to continue efforts to address human trafficking by:

     (1)  Modifying the membership of the Hawaii Anti-trafficking Task Force (Task Force);

     (2)  Extending the Task Force from June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2010; and

     (3)  Appropriating $10,000 for Task Force expenses.

     The Crime Victim Compensation Commission, City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Domestic Violence Action Center, and Sex Abuse Treatment Center testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing the appropriation amount to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date of the appropriation section to July 1, 2020.

     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. 2772, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2772, H.D. 3.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair