STAND. COM. REP. NO.  307

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 302

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 302 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PROBATION SERVICES SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the efficient and timely transfer of a parolee or probationer out of the State of Hawaii by:

     (1)  Requiring the interstate transfer fee collected from offenders requesting the transfer of their probation or parole supervision to the mainland be deposited directly into the Probation Services Special Fund, rather than the General Fund; and

     (2)  Stipulating that the monies in the Probation Services Special Fund be used to monitor and enforce compliance with the terms and conditions of probation and other supervision, and to support other duties and activities related to the supervision of defendants.

     The Judiciary testified in support of this bill.

     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. 302 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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