STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1517
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: S.B. No. 879
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 879, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WITNESSES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Increasing the amount of the per diem stipend for out-of-state witnesses to $145 per twenty-four-hour day; and
(2) Providing an additional amount of $90 per twenty-four-hour day for witnesses who must travel to another island and are required to stay overnight.
The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu and Crime Victim Compensation Commission supported this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance and Hawai‘i Tourism Authority provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to promote further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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 S.B. No. 879, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 879, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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