STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1012-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2950

      S.D. 2

      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 Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2950, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE HONOLULU FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for a grant-in-aid to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the Honolulu Family Justice Center, including the hiring of necessary staff.

The Office of the Mayor, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, and a concerned individual supported the measure.

     Your Committee notes that the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu requested $350,000 as a grant-in-aid for fiscal year 2013 for start-up costs for the Honolulu Family Justice Center.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2950, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2950, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair