STAND. COM. REP. NO.  573-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1800

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1800 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Judiciary for fiscal year 2012-2013.

The Judiciary and Family Law Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association supported this bill.  The City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney and the Domestic Violence Action Center provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Appropriating an additional $80,000 for two adult community service sentencing program positions for the fifth circuit;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 1800, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1800, 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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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair