STAND. COM. REP. NO.  857

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 246

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 246 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for various programs and activities under the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu (Honolulu Prosecutor).  Specifically, this bill provides funding for:

     (1)  The career criminal prosecution unit;

     (2)  Prosecution in drug court;

     (3)  Prosecution in Hawaii's opportunity probation with enforcement program; and

     (4)  The victim witness assistance program.

     The Honolulu Prosecutor, Honolulu Police Department, and the Crime Victim Compensation Commission supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 246, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 246, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair