STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1014

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 109

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 109, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help coordinate inter-state cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime by:

     (1)  Enacting the new Interstate Compact for Juveniles which remedies problems with the current compact by adding provisions for meaningful enforcement, administration, finances, communications, data collection and exchange, and training;

     (2)  Repealing the existing compact; and

     (3)  Appropriating funds for Hawaii's share of administrative expenses.

     The Judiciary, Office of Youth Services, Maui County Prosecuting Attorney, Hawaii County Prosecuting Attorney, and Special Counsel for Interstate Compacts of the Council of State Governments supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing language that would repeal the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, Chapter 582, HRS; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 109, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 109, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair