STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1695

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 109

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 3

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 109, S.D. 2, H.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 juvenile crime prevention 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; and

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

     The Office of Youth Services supported this bill.  The Judiciary and the Special Counsel for Interstate Compacts for the Council of State Governments provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Reinserting references to Chapter 582, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Interstate Compact on Juveniles;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion;

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

     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 S.B. No. 109, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 109, S.D. 2, H.D. 3.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair