STAND. COM. REP. NO.  593

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1293

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1293 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to continue efforts to fight crime and to provide support and guidance to victims through the criminal justice process, by providing grants to the counties for their career criminal prosecution units and victim witness assistance programs.

     The Crime Victim Compensation Commission, City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Maui Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Maui Victim/Witness Assistance Division, County of Hawaii Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Creating a Domestic Violence Special Fund, to be repealed on June 30, 2015, to provide grants to organizations that provide domestic violence services;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2046, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1293, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1293, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair