STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2796

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2950

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2950, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent 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.

     Written comments in support of this measure were submitted by the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu.

     Your Committee finds that this measure provides funding necessary for the Honolulu Family Justice Center, including the hiring of staff.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the specific appropriation amount for the purpose of facilitating further discussion of the measure; and

     (2)  Making a technical nonsubstantive amendment for the purpose of style.

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

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair