STAND. COM. REP. NO.  857-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2489

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2489, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JUVENILE JUSTICE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support and enable evidence-based practices and programs that will reduce future delinquency by Hawaii's youth in cost-effective ways, including mental health and substance abuse treatment programs, by appropriating funds to the Family Court Division of the Judiciary and the Office of Youth Services, and authorizing the transfer of unexpended funds from the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility budget to the Family Court Division of the Judiciary.

 

     The Department of Health; State of Hawaii Judiciary; the Office of the Governor; Office of Youth Services; Office of the Mayor of the County of Hawaii; Honolulu Police Department; Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition; Hawaii Youth Services Network; Community Alliance on Prisons; Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Kauai; Drug Policy Action Group; and three concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  Two concerned individuals commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage 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 H.B. No. 2489, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2489, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair